One more week passes

hi there everyone...

it is unbelievable how quickly time passes and in lots of ways, how sad it is that time stops for no one.

We are both well and truly back at work with a fair bit going on...busy time for pete with all the tourists down this way...

We are hoping to meet up with the BLA this week to finalise some fundraising efforts...i have been completely SLACK and not run at all this week (yikes!)...so im going to have to pull up my socks and get some km's into my legs...otherwise its going to hurt BIGTIME!

i headed to melb this week for work, and struggled a little in the car...all that time by yourself lets you think about all sorts of weird and wonderful things. I guess we have to keep moving forward, but every day presents its own sets of challenges. I didnt realise that even visiting lygon street to catch up with friends would be difficult. The last time we were in lygon street, we had eli in the pram. Lots of hard stuff to face, but we are very lucky to have friends hold our hands and to help us along our way.

I came across a couple of little ditty's which we just loved. One was on a card we were given, the other from a deck of 'angel' cards i bought.

"Your angel flies ahead of you, to guard you along the way"...i like this one, i just reckon eli is clearfelling a massive track to keep us safe...

"Dont cry because it is over...smile because it happened"...this one i absolutely adore, and have it in my mind in times of sadness.

Clearly, we are still hurting. Its kinda funny because many people who have well wishes say that time will heal, and perhaps make life a bit easier to bear. We feel that some days are ok, then we get blindsided by grief and we are back at square 1, like it all happened yesterday. Just normal feelings and lucky to have a great support crew to be around, or have on speed dial if we need to.

We have a big month coming up, my birthday and our 'debrief' with the hospital...bittersweet are the only words i can find. We are hoping to have a nice weekend for my birthday, we are heading to melbourne to do just 'stuff' and catch up with our great mates. again, bittersweet comes to mind. I guess its milestones like these that are going to be our hardest days...

righteo, enough of that stuff...

we are still going to do the shave for a cure...when i set up a website, i will let you know...pete did it last year, and we are really keen to do it again this year, my aunty from sale and me. I promised last year i would this year...so look out for a nudenut...the fun begins again!

i will keep you all posted...

best fly...heading down to sale to visit pa which will be great. We are also going to see nana (eli's ninny) for the first time since she passed away in july...it will be a big morning.

love to all
the simpsons
xox