Tuesday Sept 11 2007

Hello Everyone,

 Today is a special day for many, lots of things to remember. Many memorials to those lost six years ago. I’ve listened to several broadcasts today as people talked about their feelings and where they were and what they were doing. I remember being at work and watching it on a TV and thinking…….. this is it, we are at war and when I saw the Pentagon hit I was sure that it was just the beginning of more massive waves of attacks. Thank God we were spared any more here, but so much has happened since. I feel blessed that I have had a niece and nephew in Irag, and they have come home safe and sound. Not like so many others. I am sure all of us have known of someone there, or someone who has been injured or killed. Lets hope that it will all end soon and all our soldiers will be brought home.

Things have been uneventful here. Work, eat, sleep, do some paperwork, write some more letters……. on and on. The pile is getting a little smaller. But everything else is sitting and waiting. I will be making some minor changes in my work schedule in the near future. I will be working more hours during the week and getting some weekends off. That will be good because the days during the week seem very long sometimes. Not that there isn’t plenty to do, I just don’t want to do it.

Jenn and I took Kerrie’s therapy equipment to the NOMC Rehab department last week. These are items they can use for their patients, a special walker, braces, ankle support, etc. If someone doesn’t have insurance coverage for something they can give it to them. They knew Kerrie well and assured us that the things would be used or given carefully. So much better than just disposing of them or taking them to someone we didn’t know or who didn’t know her.

We went to the cemetary on Friday. The grass is growing on the gravesite and is almost covered now. It doesn’t stand out so fresh and raw, but at the same time it is sad to see it blending in. It was even hard to distinquish it from the road. Soon it will be smooth and covered. Hopefully the headstone will be there soon, so it won’t be hard to pick out. But even while we were there we knew that she wasn’t. Her body was laid to rest in that spot but she is somewhere else, a better, happier place.

I talked to a counselor a few days ago. She asked me if I had felt Kerrie around me yet. I told her a little at times. She said “you know she will come to comfort you and help you know that she is ok”. I told her I knew that and truely believe that she is still somewhere close. I was so glad that we had the same feelings and beliefs. She shared some other things with me, but that is for a later post, when I know more and have more to tell.

Take care all……… Fall is coming, you can feel it in the air here…..enjoy the sunny warm days we have left….. will write more later.

Love

Joan