A long time...

Hard to believe how long it's been since I've blogged, a function of being too busy and too lazy. We just got back from Topsail and returned via Gettysburg. Sadly, G-burg will never be the same since Ajou died. We visited her and Larry's graves. There is now this quiet void and my sense of the battlefield is more connected to the sad aspects of the battle. I feel more of the loss than ever before. I'm still fascinated by the place and its distinct aura, but it will never quite be the same - no welcoming home to return to after roaming the field. Now we return to a hotel. The kids also feel the loss and, ironically, their feeling of loss reaches me and spirals me in that direction.