sleep

sleep

Dear Walt, I’ve been going to bed earlier and earlier. Sometimes I have to force myself to stay up till 8:30. And I’ve been staying in bed later and later. One morning I had to force myself to get up at 10:45. The first week after December 21st happened, I...
life

life

Dear Walt, You’ve been gone now two weeks and yesterday was the worst day since December 21st happened. Logically, I know it was the release of the stress following your celebration but I would like to never spend that much time crying and unable to function...
nothing

nothing

Dear Walt, Today sucks. Your celebration last night was wonderful, but today I’m already exhausted from crying. Our son told me it was a more uplifting memorial than any funeral he’d ever been to. The slideshow that played made me smile. “Amazing...
birthday

birthday

Dear Walt, Birthday. You hated your birthday. Not because it marked another year but because of the attention. You would seriously have hated this one with so many people coming to celebrate your life. A life deserving to be celebrated. A life cut too short too soon...
writing icefall

writing icefall

Dear Walt, I miss you. I have to start writing again. For one thing, income. For another, I need to fill my mind with more than missing you and what ifs and second guesses and if onlys. Those don’t do me any good because understanding exactly what happened on...