22nd--joy, sorrow and more sorrow

Today was my Dad's 71st birthday and Christine's 4.75 birthday...should be a joyous occasion to celebrate a good long life for Dad--yet I reflect back to his 70th when we all celebrated a nice lunch together and how much fun Christine had that day...we all had so much fun, yet now the sorrow and crying begins.















The 2nd sorrow is for our dear friend Janice's Aunt who passed away this week. Her wake was this evening and it brought back to the surface the feelings of loss and pain-seen in a family who so loved their Mother, Aunt, sister-in-law...J and I looked at the pictures of her life, J recalling the good days, the things her Aunt did with her...she will be so missed.