Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
Hey, Tootsie. Thanks for the poems, my friend. Hope you're well.

Well, the services are over. We're back from a fast-turn afternoon trip to Louisiana for the burial (we flew, luckily). As a whole, today was another awful day, at least for me, but not quite as bad as yesterday evening at the funeral home. Today, at least, I managed to get through the two services without wanting to scream and run weeping from the room. And I've also had a bit more sleep, which helps me be less of a basket case. It seems like it's been almost a month just since Thursday morning when she passed. And it's only been two days. Amazing.

So now the rest of my life begins. Without my sister. I'm not sure I can face that.
You're more then welcome my friend. I realize how much you wanted to run screaming from that room......I did too. I'm glad you were able to get through it as hard and heartbreaking as it was. Your poor parents must be wrecked too.
Time will be animated for some time to come. It's weird.
Don't forget to keep talking to Bess and light candles. I believe a lot of things and when you are feeling better, we'll talk about some of them. I hope Dr. Dave is taking good care of you right now. I'm glad your sleeping cuz I know you need it. Make yourself eat too.

I get signs. With me, it's dimes. Kind of odd but it is what it is. Sometimes, I'll find one and sometimes I'll find a small pile. Today I was feeling a bit down, walked out to the berry patch and when I looked down, there staring up at me was a shiney thing. I picked it up and not only was it a dime, it was a liberty dime. It was just there and believe me that garden has been used heavily this year and it would have been noticed before today. I smiled, said Thank You and went and put it in the huge jar with the rest. Ya know, I'd been asking for at least quarters, maybe the liberty dime was a sign.