Come back for just a day? I want to tell you about—
The water softener spraying water over the furnace room
The beetles eating your rose bushes
The pipe that burst; the hole in the bedroom wall
The dying evergreens I had chopped down and taken out
My new tree that almost died
The self-watering planter I assembled (37 screws!)
My new queen-size bed; the empty side
Covid
My new friend–Alexa
Our remote that continues to frustrate
The end table, standing lamp, and bar stools I put together
Your workbench still intact
Your rock collection awaiting your creativity
Your unique art collection still hanging on the garage wall
Your computer on the corner of my desk
My progress on our cancer book you wanted me to write
My random thoughts that often involve you
Psalm 23–Yea, though I walk though the valley…
Missing my listener
How much I love you!
Write Along with Me 
I do understand.
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A very nice tribute on this remembrance day.
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Thanks!
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Lois, thanks for your memories. 3 years gone! You are doing well! Marv would be proud of you. Keep keeping on! God’s best to you always and in all ways. Curt
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Thank you! Takes some effort!
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That is so beautiful!! He was your love and what a guy he was. I can relate to your loss, take care and enjoy every day .
Missed you in church, hope all is well. Prayers for your sister and your family; will talk soon. Maege
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Thank you!
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I still have Steve’s computer on the standup desk – comes in handy for the stereo. I’m so grateful he showed me how it worked just a few weeks before he went in the hospital!
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Marv’s is idle now but I’ve kept it just in case I might need something on it. After three years, though, I don’t think I’ll need anything anymore.
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The countless ways we feel our grief, with a touch of humour.
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Humor helps!
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Well done Lois. You are doing so very well. It is hard to believe it’s three years already.
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To be open for all of our reasons to be thankful and to be accepting of the challenges, even those that are just that: challenging!
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Poignant to hear where you are after three years–all you have accomplished. Time moves on but our love remains.
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That is exactly how it feels.
The “okay, you were sick, you went through it all, you died, we had a gathering, and we mourned and celebrated. Check, check, check! Now just get your self back here to “normal!”
Sigh.
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Missing your guy…remembering your guy. Living life. Love you Lois!
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Thank you — so good to see this photo of Marv — I would love to have Harm for a day to chat also — we have such great memories! Yesterday Tracie & I kayaked over 3 hours on the Big Manistee River — she keeps me active as I spend 3-4 days a week at the cottage. It seems like yesterday when we were all together in the hospital in Las Cruces — how time flies. God has been good to both of us. I love your blogs so keep them coming. Shirl
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