Grandma passed two years ago today

[orleans]

2. anniversary dates can be pretty hard

i know they are for me. i hope you're doing okay tonight (and yesterday and will be doing okay tomorrow as well)

i've posted in this neck of the woods for a number of years now, mostly about my mom who passed in october 2009.

what i found to be almost as difficult as trump being sworn in last friday was the idea that it was the end of the obama era that my mom had been here to see, to witness, to be a part of, to be so happy aboutm, to be so proud of. it was the end of the last political era of her life. and that weird, crazy thought just came crashing in on me like a ton of bricks last friday.

i absolutely understand what you mean by the one good thing. i've thought "if my mother wasn't already dead, seeing trump as president would kill her!"

but, truth be told, i believe she is fully aware of what is going on but has more of a detachment to these events than i do.