Erica » Chillin' With Lemonade

Work is a great distraction. Climbing the career ladder that I never wanted to climb.

Someone at work said “life is good” to me today. I laughed and said, “not there yet”. He said “well, then you have to say it. put it out there.” Boy, was he in for it. I gave him the whole “life sucks, but God is good” lecture. The life sucks part of the lecture was pretty forceful. He backed out of the room slowly in the safety stance we use at work when an angry child is coming at us with a chair to hurl at our heads.

It’s funny how I can get so distracted at work and almost forget. I can drive home thinking and planning my work day. I can stress about supervising and worry that i am not doing my best. Then i remember…

work is a great distraction.

Why is it that 2009 feels like it flew by, but it feels like just yesterday HeeJun and I were going for a walk around the block?

I hope that all the rest of the years i have without HeeJun fly by too. It might be that i just don’t remember this year because of that whole grief thing. To quote Tara quoting me, “if there’s not a picture of it, i won’t remember it.”

It makes me sad that there are no new pictures to post of HeeJun. Last year at New Years I posted this picture. Now, that’s the same one I would post for 2010. Does that make sense? A whole year went by without new pictures of HeeJun.

Oh, don’t worry. I actually had a great New Years. I spent it with an amazing family of an incredible friend. This is a friend I met through being a widow. Her husband and I knew each other in college. He went to Heaven 5 days after HeeJ. I imagine HeeJ met him and gave him a tour straight to Jesus’ feet. It was so comforting and fun to be with their loving, kind and FUN family for New Years! Thanks my friends! ( I know you are reading this!!!)