It's safe to say it wasn't my favorite October

Without a doubt, this will NOT go down as my favorite October.  Losing Lincoln at the beginning of the month was hard, but losing Abby two weeks ago was awful.  The other night, Andrew and I had to make an unexpected trip to Thomas's place, and it was Midnight before we got home.  As we pulled in, I thought about how happy Abby was going to be to see us, then I remembered the reality and I began to weep.  I explained to Andrew how I had forgotten, just for a second, that she was gone, and it hurt so deeply again.  She was just the best dog.

Anyway, between this and some drama in our kids' lives, I'm hoping November is a better month.  I'm trying so hard to remember it can always be worse and to hold on to peaceful thoughts as much as I can!