staying warm...

I made it through September..
As I look back over the past year I realize that, even though the loss of my mother hurts tremendously, It is becoming easier to deal with...
I can think of mom and smile more.. We talk about her more often..

The weather here is very cold and dreary now.
This time last year, dad asked sis and I to please clean out mom's closets for him. Even though he still had her pictures everywhere, It was too painful for him to see her things every day. It was too painful for me to see her clothes too, so I stored them away.

Today I wore one of her coats.
It was wonderful.
It kept me warm in more ways than one. I hung it on the back of my office door when I got to work...
Every time I saw it, I thought of mom and smiled.
There was a penny in the pocket- which I'm sure she left there for me...
And on one of the collars was a tiny apple pin....