it's been two years.

How could I forget?

not fair

Where in MO are you at? I ought to buy you a beer or three.

Right on the other side of the river from you, Collinsville. Got a buddy of mine who just signed up for an acct here, his parents live out near Salem. Maybe next time we go to head out that way (probably July timeframe) we'll try to coordinate a stop-by and perhaps some lunch. Chances are, I'll be bringing my new OBR to shoot down in the country, so I'm sure you take a gander if you wanted, though I'm not too sure how well received a few gun nuts would be oogling a high powered rifle in the back of a truck sitting in a public parking lot would be. lol

Yeah, it's always nice to know that people give a shit when things suck ass.

Hope you and Brad are doing well. I always enjoyed Linda's posts here and the 'other' place.

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Prayed for you a while ago...good to see you're hanging in there. Stay strong for your boy...God is good.

Thank you both.

I'm doing the best I can with Brad, who is 15 now. He's handled it pretty well, as long as nobody makes him talk about it. There are still some things around the house that he doesn't want moved, because then it will be reminder to him, that are still sitting where Linda put them. (Tapes in the entertainment center, etc.). They're constant reminders to me, so I've told him they aren't staying there forever.
It's true that you don't really get over it, and the widows at my church told me it would be that way. One of them has been a widow for over twenty years, and certain days are still reminders and make her feel bad. My mom is like that too, since my dad died in 1992.
I don't dwell on it like I used to, but I'm sure it'll always be there to varying degrees. (I don't come into this forum much, for example, though I think all the time that I should be in here offering support as others have done for me).

Thanks Donne3. [hug]

I talked with her mom for a bit after I got back from the cemetery (and saw the flowers she'd put there), and she said that she was trying to stay busy to keep her mind off it as much as possible.
Not as rough as last year, but still . Brad still tries not to talk about it at all.

It gets easier, but not easy. There are things I said and did in the first few months that I don't even remember, where now it's just the sinking/empty feeling that's most prevalent on her birthday, today, and our anniversary.

I'll let Brad know, the next time we talk about it. He still just refers to it as "what happened", and gets really bothered if made to talk about it. I appreciate your concern, and will let him know about it when I can.

First time I've seen this very moving Memorial to your wife Linda.

She is beautiful and Brad looks so much like her.

Thank you GoGop for sharing your lives with us.

May the Lord grant and bless your Family with His peace.