A Sad Anniversary

March 3rd will always be a tough day around our house, particularly this year.  It has been one year since Shirley left to go wait for us in heaven.  We know we'll see her again one day, but we sure miss her in the interim.  We thought a lot about how best to celebrate her life, and decided to go and put flowers on her mom and dad's graves.  We know it was something that she would be thankful for.

After that we went out for sushi as a family... which is something we often did when she came to visit us.  Then it was off to Lowe's to go buy flowers for our pots in the front of the house.  Shirley loved to garden and always had amazing flowers outside.  So it seemed appropriate that we do that together as a family in her honor!

Steve and I also completed a memorial album, which was a year-long process to complete. Over the last year, we often stalled out in the completion of the album, because it was so hard to look through the pictures.  But it seemed appropriate to finally finish it at the anniversary of her passing.  Here's an example of what the pages looks like.

We miss you terribly, Shirley, and think of you often!