I understand hard anniversaries @Eve7 and I feel for you - life really does get to be a handful at times and there are always things better not to mention I am sure
My parents both died in January - different years of course but not that long ago - and their anniversaries are only 4 days apart. My daughter texted me on Dad's Day - and she always does on my son's day. I actually forgot about my mother's because of how ill my aunt was - I wasn't close to my mother and yet that was the harder event to endure
I have a long identifying story about my son as well - we adopted him not knowing his past at all - as he got older he became darker and he started to look aboriginal - my family as very racist and would not entertain any idea of the truth - it took me years to keep my promise to find his birth mother and I can't imagine how she felt to learn that he had died so many years before. Through a third person I learned the truth about his birth-father though - for which I am thankful
Thanks for sharing some of your story - it has been a tough week for you too
I'm sending my best thoughts
Dec
