I don't want to continue down the melancholic path of my last few posts, but it cannot be helped. Today is the 9th anniversary of the death of my very good friend Patty Kaschalk Knecht from breast cancer at the age of 34. I've written about her on my other blog; about what a special person she was in my life, and continues to be as my very own personal angel. Her persona was bigger than life and although it has been 9 years, I know she is with me every day. I also remember the pain that surfaced each year on this anniversary the first several years after her death. I am happy to say that time really does heal. I can now look at today as a celebration of the day she escaped the pain of cancer and arrived in heaven. I feel her with me all the time and I talk to her whenever I want to.
In other news:
* My mom and I had a great time at the Gem Theatre on Feb. 7th watching the Marvelous Wonderettes musical. I want to go see it again, it was so good. If it comes to a theatre near you - buy tickets and go. You won't be disappointed.
* Tarzan and I had a great Valentines Day weekend just relaxing around the house. He left at 2 AM this morning to drive back to Chicago - straight to the office. That is one long commute!
* I've fallen off the wagon in regards to my weight loss. I had lost 6 pounds, but have put 3 pounds back on. It's so frustrating, but I'm going to blame it on the winter weather. It's not a great excuse, but I haven't gotten to yoga enough over the last few weeks. I'm going tonight!
* Construction has started at our new Backyard Soaps location and is progressing nicely. I hope to have some pictures later this week!
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Thinking of you on this tough day! But I'm glad to hear that the pain has eased with time! I am sure she was an amazing person!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I have spring break next week so let me know if you'd like to get together to chat at all! How's the studying going?
Hugs!
Anniversary's of death can be very hard, i agree. It's nice that you can now say your friend ended her suffereing and entered heaven, very nice! Next month wil be the first year anniversay of my SIL's death from cancer too, it will be very hard on all of us, she was only 39.
ReplyDeleteAs Becky mentioned, anniversaries are very difficult to deal with. Your friend sounds like she was an amazing person ! ((HUGS))
ReplyDeleteYou've had some horrible lucky lately. My mother died five years ago next week from breast cancer. The anniversary is something to get through for me; time made it better, but it never goes away.
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