The Light in the Darkness
Christmas Eve 2023 Christmas Eve 2024 “I can’t see a way through”, said the boy. ... “Can you see your next step?” ... “Yes." ... "Just take that”, said the horse. - Charlie Mackesy Someone gave us this quote from the book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy in a card when Kevin died Its hanging on our fridge and I think about it all the time. One step at a time. This journey forward is dark and tough. Since my last post in October, I have had all sorts of revelations and good days and bad days but this holiday season has been brutal. It's just so raw and so obvious that he is gone, he's not coming back and he's missing everything. He's missing out on living the life we worked so hard to build together. After my last post in October, two things happened that really resonated with me. One was a professional development that some coworkers lead at school about the 5 basic human needs. Once we had delved in and I looked at each, it o...