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Time has continued… work continues…
Last weekend Ben and I joined the rest of my family in Hill City for our annual hunting weekend. It was a tough weekend for me, but Ben really wanted to go. He got to spend time with his cousins. Gary loved hunting. We had discussed my going out with him this year. I would not be able to shoot anything, but it would have been nice to spend that time together.  It also would have been fun practicing our sign language in the deer stand.  I had told Gary that I didn’t own any blaze orange, and he said he would get me any thing I needed.  I wish we had that opportunity.  The weather was decent this past weekend, although very cold on Sunday morning.  I half expected Gary to walk in the door when the hunters came back for lunch.  Either way, he was with me.

Jon and Steven went hunting with my brother Jim the weekend before.  It sounds like they had a good time, and they both got deer.  It was tough for me not to call and find out how things were going.  I didn’t want to be the worrisome step-mom.  I don’t think I stopped thinking about them all weekend.

Thanksgiving is next week. My favorite holiday.  Gary and I planned on going to the Wisconsin Dells again this year to be with Gary’s side of the family.  His folks, Grandmother and many other relatives get together each year.  It’s hard to believe that he was doing well last year at this time.  No tubes in his belly.  He even went down a couple of the water slides.  I have good memories from that trip.

I wasn’t sure what I was going to be able to do this year.  It will be tough either way.  Weather permitting, I am planning on driving to the Dells.  It will be nice to see Gary’s Grandmother and Great Aunt Edna.  Maybe being with everyone will be helpful.  For now it seems that we are living from weekend to weekend… getting through each day and coming home and spending time together.