Thank you all for the kind words on Tuesday’s post — it meant a lot and felt right to share her tribute in this space.
I wouldn’t say life feels normal right now, and I don’t think it will for quite some time. We will be grieving in different ways for a while. I’ve never lost someone this close to me and even after a long illness, it is really . . . a lot, plus of course I want to be there for Josh.
AND. Posting here has always been a balm. (20+ year old blogs don’t exist because the writer felt like she ‘had to’ do it, you know?)
So, here I am, with a few Friday updates about things much smaller than all of the above.
1 – Our family sustained fractures #6 and #7 since January 2025 last weekend – A was at gymnastics and had something flukey happen during a skill she’s done hundreds of times without issue (she punched the ground during an aerial). 2 fractures (finger + metacarpal), both in her right hand. Our family is singlehandedly keeping the local orthopedics division in business.
She received a great prognosis and may be out of her cast in as few as 4 weeks, so that was a big positive.
2- I (obviously) cancelled my SF trip. That makes 3 years in a row I didn’t go to my big meeting. I’m 100% at peace with it in this circumstances; I did work today but I only want to be with family this weekend. I could not have left. Apologies to anyone who was planning to meet up – I still believe it will happen someday! And I *might* try to go to ADA or Endo (other meetings) but PES is my favorite so maybe I’ll just wait for 2027.
3- I dropped at least one ball and sent G to school without lunch today– they usually have pizza on Fridays but there are random ones where they do not, and this was apparently one of those. I’m sure there was a reminder, and I just didn’t read it. (There are probably more dropped balls to come. It will be okay. Also, Josh was thankfully able to bring her lunch, but I was fully prepared to order Door Dash to the school if I had to.)
4- Kacey Musgraves has a new album, and I really like it a lot on first listen.
5- It was incredibly sad but still wonderful to see so many family members and old friends the past few days. It felt like half of Miami Beach came out to pay respects to Bebe, and it was beautiful. I cried and felt so sad, but also so grateful to be part of such an amazing family and community. It really emphasized the utmost importance of family and friends – something that was already brought into focus this month when I traveled up to Williamstown. I hope to keep all of this in the forefront going forward.
Oh, and I beat my prior Mini record (I think) of 0:14.
I hope everyone reading this has a great weekend. Expect some extra emotional content here for a bit – I hope that’s ok. ♥️
EDITED: I also have to mention that before everything happened, Josh ran an amazing marathon in Eugene and qualified (with huge ~10 min buffer) for Boston 2027. I already booked our hotel and can’t wait to spectate. WISH I could have done it with him; I’m not going to lie, there was a tiny bit of sadness (?wistfulness) that day for me. But mostly I’m just very very happy he achieved his goal AND that I’ll get to experience the spectacle of the race with him (and hang with my wonderful Boston friends) next year.
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