New Start

(August 29, 2009)

It's moving day.

I had a much harder time getting out of bed this morning...

then I realized Gridge would be disappointed in me if I didn't get on with it.

I continued packing before the family came over to help us move.

I went outside for something and almost stepped on a HUGE slug!

Another sign from Gridge?

He LOVED playing with slugs in Hawaii.

By the end of the day we'd finished moving all the furniture and big items to the new house.

My husband and Kea and I were surrounded by family and friends...

together they helped push us forward to a new start....whether they realized it or not.

I'm so thankful to have these people in my life.

All in all....a very bitter-sweet day for me.

Moving on....literally...

(August 28, 2009)

No time to grieve today.

We closed on the new house, so I was forced to get up and out of bed this morning.

We're also moving THIS weekend, so we had a million and a half things to do to get prepared for tomorrow's move.

I can't even think straight.

I can't believe I woke up this morning and Gridge wasn't at the side of the bed waiting to greet me.

I can't believe I didn't get any Gridge kisses today.

He's really gone.

I part of me went with him.

I'm on auto-pilot right now.

We picked up a U-Haul truck for the move after we closed on the house and happened to get a truck with a Hawaii postcard on it....

a sign from Gridge? (Gridge was born and raised -by me- in Hawaii)