On This Day

by | Jul 17, 2011 | 3 comments

last year I buried you.

Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary.

Sandwiched between those two tonight I have no words.  I am in one of those dazes that you can’t blink your stare out of.  It’s like I’ve given up my vision and have the inaccuracy of peripheral vision right in front of me.

JAC

July 17, 2011

3 Comments

  1. Vee

    You have been heavy on my hear today, and I wasn't sure why. Now I know. Sending you prayers tonight.

    Reply
  2. Jane Jasmine

    Thinking of you, Julia… and sending up more prayers… you are loved!

    Reply
  3. Anonymous

    oh, julia…

    Reply

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