I thought today would never come.  I thought today would never end. 

It started out awesome–went to the gym, worked out.  It went along fine, had a great morning with my mom’s group.  On the way home something happened.  One of those things that makes you evaluate your life and grab your kids and hold onto them until they scream for you to let them go.  My car broke down–that’s not the life altering part.  I called hubby to come pick us up while we waited for AAA. 

That phone call changed my life…a friend of my husbands and a man who had become a friend of mine, lost their oldest son in a house fire over the weekend.  He was 17 and getting ready to graduate from high school.  He had his whole life ahead of him.  And just like that he doesn’t.  He was an amazing young man and touched the lives of many people.  I am grieving and at a loss of words.  I shed tears for the family and wish we were closer to them.  But, we are as close as we can be in our hearts and thoughts.  We love you Jeff, Kristen, Henry and you too Michael–rest in peace.

Going to new orleans tomorrow–back to posting on Monday