Grief is Weird

Somehow 6 months have passed since you left. There are days when it feels like yesterday that I woke up with you, heard your voice, kissed you - and then there are days that feel like it was forever.  My thoughts lately have been about the projects that we did together. It's hard to believe that 5 years have passed since the world shut down. Randy and I spent a good deal of the pandemic in Tennessee. Neither one of us could go to the office so we needed something to keep us busy. We were having the logs replaced in our house, so Randy & I decided to undertake our own project (while the professionals were here, just in case) by installing hardy board siding on the 2nd story of the house. I think Randy's favorite part of the job was the lift that we rented to reach the 2nd story. He was like a little kid and loved going up in that thing. Me on the other hand, who is afraid of heights, was not a fan. It must have been love for him to be able to talk me into going up really rea...

Most people who know me know that I am a runner. I've been running for over 25 years - I started when Ben was about a year old as a way to lose that stubborn pregnancy weight. At first I just ran in the neighborhood, and then another mom from church introduced me to running The Peachtree Road Race (for anyone not in Atlanta, it's the world's largest 10k run on July 4). I was hooked. I started running the Peachtree in 2000, and have run every year since then (virtually during the Covid years). Then I found other races, and have a collection of race bibs, medals, t-shirts, hoodies - you name it, I've got it. I just finished my 13th Hot Chocolate Race this morning with a PR (definitely getting faster with age - who knew?) In 2011 I signed up for my first Tough Mudder in Cedartown, Georgia. I had no idea when I was getting myself into, but I thought running and obstacles - how much fun would that be? I managed to survive that one, and did 6 more. My Dad used to ask me if th...