Yeah, today marks 8 months since Karla and I lost Brenda. Karla started the day off pretty well I thought. First thing she said this morning was, "I guess you know that today is 8 moths since it happened" Of course I knew what she meant by "It Happened" and I acknowledged it. She didn't say anything else and I took her to work. Apparently, it slowly built, over the rest of the day and this afternoon, her worker called me and said that Karla was having a problem with it and Karla wanted me to pick her up early. So naturally, I went right up there and she seemed to be pretty collected by the time I got there. Sarah, her waiver worker is just like part of the family and does wonders with Karla, at times when she might not respond as well to me and vice versa. Took her out to eat, we talked and I was cutting up with her, like I do, when it's just us and she responded well. We came home, listened to the "Oldies" cassettes on my stereo and she has gone to bed and sleeping peacefully. That girl has held on like a rock during all of this and I am so proud of her. She really wants us to be able to move on and she hopes that things work out well with Audry as well, because she knows that her Mother wouldn't want us to just exist here and be so glum about her being gone. Karla has held out so much better than Sarah and I ever thought she would. She's pretty strong about things though, just like her Mother was. About the only thing Brenda had trouble getting over, was the passing of her Dad (she Never got over that).
Just an example of how things are going here.
