16 March 2005

Years

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."
- Zora Neale Hurston

Hi there. We are coming up on the two year anniversary of Jade's surgery on St. Patrick's Day 2003. Hard to believe. I'm noticing how much I'm aware of the secondary losses now. I really miss hearing Jade talk with his friends, nieghbors, co-workers and family members. I loved heairng the stories or updates about people and life and he was such the pivotal person in those relationships. I'm noticing I miss the stories, discussions and laughter.

Reading that first quote last week made me hope and pray the last two years have been the "question" years and not the answer years! If they were the "answer" years then I'm afraid for the question years.

"Has it ever occurred to you," I asked him, "that we are shaped more by our sorrows than our joys? When I look back, it's not that happy times that still have power over my life. It's the places where things went wrong."
- quote from "Without Reservations" by Alice Steinbach

Garrett and I are doing pretty good. Loved the spring weather but true to Utah, it's cooler now so we're inside a bit more. He is excited for Easter and his birthday at the end of the month. I noticed a couple of his plastic dinosaurs on the table that were "eyeing" my cute, ceramic Easter bunnies but so far they've been able to co-exist ok.

Hope you're all well. Thanks for your love, faith and friendship. Take care!

Love......................Tanya and co.