Saturday Evening Blog Post: Most-Read Post For May 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 7:00AM MAD21 By MAD21
The most-read post on our site for May 2010 was... a post I wrote for the One Word At A Time Carnival over at Bridget Chumbly's site called, "Emptiness." In this post, I talk about how even though this is a really great time of year for my family, there is still something missing, or rather, someones who are missing:
This time of year brings mixed emotions for me. I love the warmer weather and as I wrote about on Friday, all the fresh fruits and veggies. I love all the time I get to have with my kids and family and the fun things we get to do together. But underneath the joy I feel this time of year, there is also an emptiness. A deep sadness that lingers like the residue in a cool glass of tea. It's not bad enough to ruin the day, but you know it's there.
My dad and I were fairly close all my life. Like my oldest is my "mini-me," I was my dad's. We had a lot in common. We both loved cars, traveling, people watching and a good hard days work. I looked just like him and his family. In fact, if you compare my baby pictures to my aunt's (his sister), you can barely tell any difference. Aside from the age of the picture itself giving it away, you would think it was the same child.
Growing up, summer time always meant a trip to visit my dad's family. They lived in a town a long five hours away from us. But it was worth the drive because I loved my aunt and her family. We had a bond that miles couldn't break. I have so many memories as a child going camping with my parents and my aunt and uncle. Going fishing on my uncle's boat and being the only one that ever caught anything. My aunt wearing jeans, sneakers, and my uncle's shirts and cooking something over the fire (and telling my dad what to do!).
Go and read the rest of my post and share with me how you deal with losing people who were important in your life.
Be sure to go and visit Elizabeth Esther's blog carnival where bloggers gather on the first Saturday of each month to share their latest and greatest blog posts.
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