Happy Birthday Jen

Today, January 26^th 2013 would have been Jen’s 40^th Birthday.

To celebrate her birthday, the girls and I launched balloons with Happy Birthday wishes attached.  For 10 minutes they rose into a beautifuly sunny sky, until they could no longer be seen.

I haven’t posted this week because of everything that went on; the chaotic thoughts and feelings in the days after Jen’s death, the visitation, the funeral.  There is much I want to write about, but I need to get a handle on them first, so I can do those experiences justice.

In the coming days I will be updating this blog on how the family’s doing, how we’re coping, and the view ahead for us.  We are doing surprisingly well, but the road of recovery is long.

Long term, I intend to continue this blog.  It was started before our cancer journey and it should live beyond it.  It’s part of the healing process, and it will be interesting to look back years from now and see what’s been written.