Oh my!!! How many times did we walk that path to the beach? I met you on that beach with your bow legs and your tan skin and your kind greeting. I thought it funny that you could smoke those cigarettes and run faster than me.... I could however outlast you, but could never match … Continue reading Dear Hugh, I walked our path
Category: Dear Hugh
Love notes to the love of my life. Hear me from Heaven, Hugh!
Some Gifts are Forever
Dear Erica and Carl, This is a picture that I lived in once before. I am not sad that it is not my picture now, I am only celebrating that it is yours and I get to be witness to it. I celebrate it because you and Carl are not only lovely with each other, … Continue reading Some Gifts are Forever
Purpose in the Pain
My sweet Precious BB’s, Many times we find our greatest treasures when we are tested. We find the WHY of our Life and we sometimes find the HOW as well. We are pushed down, pressed in from all sides. We are brought low, we are brought to our knees and when we look up we … Continue reading Purpose in the Pain
Dear Hugh, Wisdom Needed
February 21, 2019 Dear Hugh, WHEW!!!!!! what a week!!! This has been one of those weeks at work that if you found out about it you would plan a day with Charlie with a facial and a day of rest at a spa. You would look at me and smile and say, “Honey I don’t … Continue reading Dear Hugh, Wisdom Needed
Dear Hugh, Thanks for Today’s Gift
Love cures people---- both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.- Karl Menninger The Very first book you ever gave me was called Today’s Gift and oh my my what a gift Today has been!!! It all started yesterday when I stood in a moment of sadness looking in the mirror … Continue reading Dear Hugh, Thanks for Today’s Gift
Restorative Rain and God’s Grace
I love the rain, I always have, it is cleansing and purifying and it is restorative. It makes me stop and just pause. Today I am even more grateful for the rain. I find myself being in a deeper state of gratitude since my sweet Hugh Smith left this world. It is hard to think … Continue reading Restorative Rain and God’s Grace
Happy Birthday Hugh
Dear Hugh, It is your birthday today!!! WE miss you terribly but in true Hugh fashion I would talk to you about the things I have learned in this zig zag grief process. 1. I have learned that people are even more wonderful than we talked about before. 2. I have learned that God does … Continue reading Happy Birthday Hugh