At camp, I couldn't help but look at the kids and wonder which ones would have been Sammy's friends.
I search the faces of the little boys and girls who are about his size. I see the ones that Solly gravitates toward, and I wonder if Sam would have been friends with those kids. Does Solly see something there that Sammy would have seen?
And sometimes I catch myself looking out at that sea of faces and I realize that I'm searching for Sam. Where is he? I've picked out my other kids amongst all the others, but where is Sam? And then that wash of realization....oh, yeah.
I searched the 4th grade class lists. Which one would have been his? Would he have been happy with the teacher assigned? I searched the lists....wishing, hoping, wanting his name to be there.
I search for his face in my dreams...and it's not there.
I keep searching.
Solly keeps telling me that he's sad that he isn't dreaming about Sam.
I tell him to keep looking.
It's been 610 days since Sam died. I don't even know what to do with that number. How is it that it feels like forever ago and yet I can still feel the fuzzy skin on his head in a whisper on my fingertips?
Last year: Incomplete
Two years ago: The Special Spice
Three years ago: Bouncing
Five years ago: What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Six years ago: Restful Vacation
Seven years ago: 13 Reasons I'm Not Blogging
Eight years ago: Wordless Wednesday (aka, Sam throws a tantrum)
searching searching, I think Sam finds me every time you post
ReplyDeleteYour words touch me, inspire me, and I know without knowing you're always searching- 610 days, now 612. Know there is always an ear to listen, eyes to read your words, hearts to love. I know it's not enough. Sending love.
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