Dear Ted - #56 - Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday my love!!  I hope you had a wonderful, heavenly birthday.  Doing whatever you wanted to do.  

I made it through today ok.  I lazed in bed, not wanting to get out and face the day, for quite some time.  Then I got up.  By the afternoon, I was kind of in a groove.  But, when it came to the evening, I had a really hard time facing being by myself - staying in quarantine.  I was already out.  KayeLynn has to do all the shopping, because I'm not supposed to leave the house.  She was kind of wiped out when it was done, so she asked if I would make your cake.  So - I made the cake and then later made the biscuits and put dinner together.  

You see, we had a full on, virtual type dinner.  All in your honor.  Susan thought of it and put it together.  It was all based on a dream she had with you in it.  She dreamt that we had been to visit and we left a box there.  The box was full of Red Lobster things and gift cards.  So she felt that we needed to have a Seafood dinner.  But then it changed to a Seafood or a "C" food dinner.  KayeLynn and I had seafood salad, chopped broccoli salad, cheddar garlic biscuits and chocolate cake - German style.  A little different.  Others had cheeseburgers, Crystal had vegetarian fish sticks (she said they taste like seaweed feet), some had chicken, chops, salmon, sushi.  All sorts of different additions.  But the important thing is, we came together and had a dinner - birthday dinner - in your honor.  

I wanted to share the foot shots.  Because that there is the biggest honor:

KayeLynn and mine

Raja and Rustie - or Dodger and Dustie

Mike and Cory

Crystal, Zach and Chelsea - and pups

Dee, Cash, Gabe, Aaron and Brett

Susan and Paul

Mom and Mary

I sure hope you know I miss you more than I ever realized I could miss anyone.  I hide from emotions so very well, but there are just days that I'm overwhelmed from missing you.  Four days from now is the anniversary of the day you left me.  I sure hope you are so happy.  I can't stand the idea that you wouldn't be.  

#happybirthday

#loveyoumissyou