Third year Day 63 - Friday February 14, 2014

Valentines Day!  It was great to be home with my honey for Valentines Day!  It was a good day but also a hard day.  Today one of our friends found out that her husband of 16 years wants a divorce.  Also, I found out that another couple that we are friends with, who have been married like 25 or more years, have separated.  I shouldn't let myself get upset and stressed about these things, but I really hate to see families torn apart and it really does make me so sad!  I was tired out from the trip already, but these things just kind of gave me a little extra nudge and really at this point I think I just crashed and burned!  So, after months and months of care giving, I need a little bit of rest!  Not the best timing!  But, the body forces us to rest when we don't take the time to give it rest......  Oh, almost forgot to mention this...we haven't been home long, but Bridgett is really missing Arrianne.  Today she said to me, I'm lonely!  Actually, Bridgett has always been such a social person.  Of course, over her life, at times that she's been really sick etc. she has been at home and not around many people.  But, Mark and I both knew that the day would come when she would start to want to be around people again and miss her social life.  I guess that's starting to happen.  It was just so sad hearing her talk about being lonely, because it made me think about her life before the accident and sometimes that's a hard realization thinking about where she is right now.  Of course, Bridgett doesn't dwell on these things and although she was sad for a while today, she was able to be happy and smiling later on in the day.