I am back. I have not written anything in my blog since August. Lots of things have happened since my last blog, I had a birthday and an anniversary in September. There were also several birthdays and a couple of anniversaries celebrated by members of my immediate family. Fall has always been a busy time (in particular the month of September) for my family; lots of milestones.

This year it has been difficult for me to celebrate these happy occasions without my husband. I have found it hard to write just my name at the bottom of cards. On cards that I have given to our children, I just put some kisses. I don't know if it would make them feel sad not seeing their Dad's name there, so I substitute names with kisses.

In addtion to the happy celebrations, we also have had very sad issues to deal with. A very short time after my husband passed away, a very favorite niece of ours was diagnosed with *** cancer. She is a wonderful young woman. She is a teacher and has four young children. Even with all of her own problems, she has been a great support for me. She gave me a Remembrance Angel figurine and a candle. They are next to my huband's picture. I burn the candle every night. Also, for my birthday, she and her family gave me a beautiful memorial bench. I will write about that sometime very soon.

My high school class reunion is next year. I was contacted by a class member who is pretty much organizing the whole thing. I have visited with him a few times via e-mail. After my husband passed away, I asked if he could contact someone for me who was a very close friend in high school, Over the years, we lost contact and she has moved to N. Carolina. My husband and I had double dated many times with her and her boyfriend and I wanted her to know of his passing. He did contact her and she in turn e-mailed me. We have shared many e-mails since then and it has been great catching up. Hopefully, she will come back home next year for the reunion and I will get to see her.

I have gone back to teaching my religion class on Monday nights. Normally, I have 10 - 12 students. This year, I have seventeen and most of them are boys. Hope I can get through this...............

I realize I am rambling on about unrelated things, but pretty much I am writing whatever is coming into my head. I am going to try to get back on track and get back to blog writing. Until next time.