365 Days Later

This time one year ago today Dad, Rae and I were already headed to MD Anderson to spend the day with Mom and B because today was the day. Today she was getting her stemcell transplant which as going to make her better and we were going to do this as we did everything else important. . . .as a family. It began day 100 of her stay in Houston before she could come back home to us. We had so much hope that day. The transplant took an hour, that was it, 60 minutes. Mom just had to lay in bed and we just had to hang out with her and enjoy being a family. Today, 365 days later, our life is not what we expected. We miss her. The sun shine is a little less bright, the grass a little less green, our laughter a little quieter, our hearts a whole lot broken, our feelings a little more fragile, and our world a whole lot less happy. Because you never know what life is going to hand to you, make sure you tell those you love how much you love them and never take your time together for granted. We love you Mom and miss you. Everyone misses you. I hope we are making you proud. We are taking care of Daddy as best we can (no one will ever be able to take care of him like you did). We love you.