Thanksgiving Weekend

This year is the second Thanksgiving that Bryon is not with us. I have spent a lot of the last week preparing food. Ham, turkey, homemade lasagna,cabbage rolls and perogys. Not to mention a couple of desserts.
These were some of his favourite foods, and once again I will set a place at the table for him. Not to mourn but to celebrate our life together. My brother Dale(not to be confused with my sister Dale, but that is another story) and his wife are out from Toronto for 2 weeks. Our son and his family and Kristina, one of our daughters will celebrate with me. It truly is a time of giving thanks. I am lucky to have a loving , supportive family. I am blessed to have known true, unconditional love. It will be a joyfull time, filled with laughter, love and yes, a tinge of sadness. When Bryon first died I felt my life was over, I didn't see anyway I could or wanted to continue living. Now 2 years have passed, the pain is still with me but also a renewed reason to continue living, filling each day with with as much life as I can. I am the person Bryon thought I was! I feel him with me everyday and our love still grows. That may seem odd, but as I look back at our life I remember the little things. His laugh, the twinkle in his eyes, the waterfights we had, the water balloons being dropped on one of Sherrys admirers, the whipping cream necklaces, his funny or so he thought jokes. At that time they were just part of our life, now they get me through my days. I want his children to know just how much he loved them. How much he missed them, how proud he was of them. One the day before he died I was trying to get him dressed and he started fussing with a towel. I asked him what he was doing, he said" getting the bed ready for Tam" Right up to the end, you were in his thoughts. Yes, we have a lot to be thankful for. For me it is because Bryon walked part of his time on earth with me.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my family and readers.
Happy thanksgiving Bryon.