It's been a hot bunch of days around here, for certain. I was hoping to make it home yesterday before him but he was already there. As I walked in the back door with two arms full of groceries he met me in the kitchen. I set them down and he gave me a hug and a kiss and went to get the rest of the things from my Jeep.

This time he walked through the door and sent the things down and took a hold of my hand and I turned to hug and kiss him. I put my arms around his neck and the...

I am a bit older now, nearly 39, and while I am getting used to my life, it still seems like a bit of a fairy tale.

As I look across the room I see his chair. It is empty but just the thought of him being there and smiling at me makes me happy.

The months have gone by and I think we have gotten into a routine. It's almost like we are a married couple, and every day is the same. We do laugh and joke and play together. We spend a lot of time with one another and...

I could only laugh as I put the almond slivers on his cake..... it kept me from crying. Today is his birthday and it is the first of his birthdays that I will have spent with him.

While usually the cakes I make are beautiful as well as delicious, this thing is just a huge mess. Everything on it tastes good, but the thing is a wreck.

I have come a long way in this life, I am happy to say, and I suppose this will be the first of many messy cakes between the two of...

When he walks through that back door and I am standing there in the kitchen in my apron I can't help but smile. So I do..... I know that in just a second he will grab me in his arms and his smile will just light up my world.

For me, it is the most simple things in life that make me the happiest, and together, he and I, we enjoy those simple things. I live for them.

I remember the day we met. Those beautiful blue eyes smiling at me. We were new to each other but...

As we found our seats I looked for him. I looked for my son, my baby. I tried to find him in the huge crowd of people. A large grouping of kids somewhat like him, with me surrounded by parents somewhat like myself.

I thought he should be about half way down the line and I finally was able to make him out. Every once in a while I saw him looking around and I know what he was doing. He was viewing the audience trying to find me. Just as I was trying so hard to find him, he did...