Monday, Nov. 21, 2011
Dear Diary:

What would we do without our friends?

I survived the party at the home of the woman I don't like, mostly by slipping outside and basking quietly in the surprisingly warm sun for most of the afternoon. People I know also came out to enjoy the last gasps of good weather, so there was lots of simple small talk.

On Friday I went to another party, a birthday party for a friend I just adore. Counting me, there were four women there who've lost a brother or a sister in the last year. It was cathartic to be able to just open up and share experiences. Soft voices, eyes misting with tears.

I am so very grateful for the comfort.

Oh but habits die hard. My sister and I had a little routine. I would call her during the first weekend of the month, and she would call me on the middle weekend. The beginning of this month I caught myself thinking that I should call Julie. A week ago when it was the middle of November I found myself looking at the phone, thinking that I'd hear from her at some point.

I know she's gone, yet I don't know she's gone.

It's an odd place to be.

Each day it gets ... it gets a little easier. I'm through the rage I felt over the fact that she was so young and suffered so much, that the last two years of her life were so stupidly hard. Now what I feel is more about regret and loss.

We're coming up to the first Christmas without Julie. Then we'll cycle through the holidays � the first Easter without her, the first time she won't celebrate a birthday on May 18, the first Thanksgiving without her. Each will be painful, but grief is the price we pay for the joy of love.

Nothing comes for free.

--Marn

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