A week ago today, my father in law lost his battle with cancer. It’s almost surreal to experience something like this as a parent, especially as a parent of a toddler who doesn’t fully comprehend the gravity and permanence of the situation. You’re sad, but you have to act like everything is normal and at some point the faking it turns to making it? It feels wrong to go back to business as usual, but here we are. My heart aches, mostly, for my husband. Watching him step up to help care for his parents has been nothing short of awe inspiring.
My parents surprised me with a visit for my birthday this weekend! With my father in law’s passing, it was obviously not quite the weekend we originally planned, but we still made the most of it, and it felt extra nice to have the comfort of family. For lunch on Saturday, they got to experience kbbq for the first time, and I’m pretty sure they liked it – and I really liked getting to share it with them.
I offered to cancel my birthday dinner (with Matt and my parents), but my beau said it would be good to get out of the apartment for a happy occasion. Naturally, there was a somewhat somber tone over the evening, but we still all reveled in each other’s company, giggled tons, tried a new bar and restaurant, and got to get dressed up.
We subscribe to The NY Times weekender, but they’re too highbrow for the Sunday comics. When we picked up a local paper in CT, V got to see the funnies for the first time.
Peaches to Apples 