This month was the seventh anniversary of my sister's death. Time related to my sister makes no sense at all. Even in the days after she was gone it felt like she'd both been gone forever and just here. It still feels that way.
For the first 5 years, my family was always together for Alison's anniversary. Last year we didn't do that and it was really hard to get through. This year we reunited again for the weekend, and it felt appopriate and 'good' (for lack of a better word.
For the first 5 years, my family was always together for Alison's anniversary. Last year we didn't do that and it was really hard to get through. This year we reunited again for the weekend, and it felt appopriate and 'good' (for lack of a better word.
Anniversaries now are very different than the early years. Most things are different than they were in the early years, and I'm noticing my relationship to memories changing too.
