tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823549861851853736.post5225982869972746497..comments2023-08-05T07:19:13.900-07:00Comments on Missing Maxie: Sunday's CeremonyAbby Levisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748394086960661826noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823549861851853736.post-11610053131455669322012-06-26T23:23:15.710-07:002012-06-26T23:23:15.710-07:00Sweet friend I love you. Thank you for sharing thi...Sweet friend I love you. Thank you for sharing this incredibly difficult journey day in and day out. I'm here, still listening, still reading--still here. I'd like to visit Maxie's headstone soon--are we allowed to leave real pinwheels still? Or is there any other symbolic gesture of comfort I could leave there? Let me know, here or in email. xoxoKatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823549861851853736.post-77668438564946331882012-06-26T14:46:04.144-07:002012-06-26T14:46:04.144-07:00I personally felt so much better when we got the h...I personally felt so much better when we got the headstone up. That temporary marker felt bad to me, like we weren't doing enough for him. I didn't feel any closure with the headstone, but I did feel relief. <br /><br />I thought about you on Sunday. I thought about you last night while I was watching THE BACHELORETTE. You're on my mind a lot.rebecca Patrick-Howardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823549861851853736.post-12069747819980545142012-06-26T12:12:01.937-07:002012-06-26T12:12:01.937-07:00Abby, Just wanted to let you know that I'm rea...Abby, Just wanted to let you know that I'm reading and thinking of you every day and that I'm always sending love to you, Ted, Maxie, and Baby M.lauraemillernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823549861851853736.post-34352041795077823022012-06-26T11:16:13.436-07:002012-06-26T11:16:13.436-07:00Abby, Rabbi Marx married me and helped us bury my...Abby, Rabbi Marx married me and helped us bury my mother. He is wonderful and I am grateful from afar that you have him with you on this journey. The headstone is beautiful. Ted did a remarkeable job. My thoughts continue to be with you and your family daily, especially as Baby M's arrival comes closer.Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823549861851853736.post-54164199446330340912012-06-26T10:51:38.614-07:002012-06-26T10:51:38.614-07:00I hated going to the cemetery when we only had the...I hated going to the cemetery when we only had the temporary markers but since the unveiling, we have found it much more of a peaceful place. I also felt the same as you, as much as our worlds have stopped, it is unbelievable when the 1 year mark comes. We have walked around the cemetery to see their "neighbors" and we talk about them as if we knew them. We take pride in the area and make sure everyone's headstones are clean, flowers are straightened and we have even put flowers and rocks on headstones that don't seem to ever have any visitors. When I sit there, on the ground, on top of the 2 most important people in my life, I have felt the desperation of wanting to grab a shovel on many occasions. I have to believe that we will all be together again, or else this life would be too unbearable. <br /><br />The "firsts" are the hardest and there are certain occasions that always hurt, but I hope that you begin to feel less pain as time passes.Lindsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823549861851853736.post-32358235315746174532012-06-26T10:13:25.433-07:002012-06-26T10:13:25.433-07:00Abby I'm glad to hear you had someone close an...Abby I'm glad to hear you had someone close and that you feel comfortable to guide you guys there. Your nieces are beautiful. I feel the same way in all the love that I give my girls, there are smiles sometimes but there is always an emptiness, a shadow PAIN that it doesn't seem to ever go away and how can it go away? if we are missing our boys.jkbrumbaugh@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.com