Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Today my friend and I walked and did a couple of errands along the way, then my husband and I tackled the photos after a hiatus of ten days. This time I was more emotionally disturbed by them, because in 2001 not only did our daughter who has died graduate from college, she also married with a lovely wedding, our younger daughter graduated from high school and our older son married ten days after 9/11. What a year! Seeing our older daughter at her rehearsal dinner, in her cap and gown, supporting her younger sister, speaking at her brother's wedding, well, it was overwhelming. Our son was married ten days after 9/11 so we debated whether to postpone the wedding, and people flew in from as far away as New Zealand, and our younger daughter who had just begun college in Philadelphia had to fly back by herself when many people were terrified to fly. I feel I need a couple of days in a rest home just to contemplate the stress of that year. How do we do it?! We do it because we must, but when there is no time to reflecct or nurture oneself, the stuff comes in much later like the inevitable tide. The dam won't hold forever. I'm proud of how the family handled everything that year, and how much joy we had celebrating, but gee, it was a lot.