7 Years - Still With Us
It has been 7 years since Shawn Jr. died. Seven years sounds like a long time. In some ways, it is. A lot of life can happen in 7 years. Kids grow up. Families change. Weddings happen. Grandkids are born. Homes get louder in some ways and quieter in others. Life keeps moving, whether you are ready for it or not. But in other ways, July 11, 2019, still feels like yesterday. I can still remember sitting beside Shawn’s bed at MD Anderson. I can still remember the helplessness of watching him suffer. I can still remember Misty and me holding his hands as he took his last breath. I can still remember walking out of that hospital knowing that our family would never be the same. That is the strange thing about grief. Time passes, but the deepest pain does not really leave. It just changes shape. Some days it is buried under work, family, games, laughter, busyness, and the normal routines of life. Other days, it rises up without warning. A song, a Luka highlight, a Dr Pepper commercial, a...