Its in the air!!!

This morning, as I walked out my front door to take my oldest to school and my 13yo to the doctor to have his arm checked, I was confronted with a chill in the air that almost made me turn around and change from shorts to jeans, despite the fact that I knew it would likely turn warmer in the afternoon, which it did. And of course, it had me wishing I didn't live surrounded by evergreen trees, so I could watch the leaves change colours through my living room windows.  But instead, we have live oaks and pines all around, but it still makes me positively giddy knowing that Autumn is finally here! :D

Tomorrow we'll be laying Mama to rest in a lovely green cemetery not too far from the property she and my dad have owned for about 10 years now, and where she has lived almost completely full-time for at least the last 2 years.  I still miss her every day, and have difficulty believing she's really gone, that she's not just a text or a phone call away.  The next few days/ weeks/ months are going to be very difficult for our family, as we all try to pull together to take care of Daddy in mom's absence.  I don't think even he realized how very much he depended on her being there to take care of him, he is totally lost without her.  It breaks my heart in a way I never in my wildest dreams thought it would.  I just keep thinking, if I'm this lost without her, he must be 100 times worse.  So we're all chipping in our time, and even nights with our families, to help make sure Daddy is still comfortable and taken care of.