Here it was, so suddenly it seemed, almost impossible to believe a year has passed.  It is the first anniversary of Terri’s death.  Of course the deep grief has subsided.  I was blessed with a phone call from two of her other close friends who had also been present that night.  We have survived this difficult year.  I did not have to work today and just sort of meditated my way through it.

I remembered how when I left the hospital that night, there was a woman coming into the hospital in a wheelchair – about to give birth.  It gave me pause and I had that surreal feeling you get when you realize how very bizarre it is that we exist at all.

I could have spent much of today mourning.  I didn’t, and I think it is because I remembered that baby-about-to-be-born and realized that although today is the anniversary of Terri’s death, it was also someone’s birthday.

Terri would have liked that, I think.