Last year, my siblings and I got together on this, the anniversary of Mom's death. This year...nothing. Have we moved on? Have we come to terms with our loss? Or is it just too much work, juggling our schedules for the sole purpose of getting together and basking in collective sorrow?
I remember select details of her final day on earth, and yet so much is fading. Maybe that's okay. Maybe memories are meant to fade, to allow us to live in the here and now. Better to have a future than a past, I guess.
For today, I'll go to work, hang out, live my life, such as it is. What more can I do? What more can any of us do?
