May is a month that we celebrated many special occasions. It is the month of my birthday, the month we got married, the month for celebrating mother’s day. June is equally special, it is the month of David’s birthday and father’s day. Additionally, it is the month of daughter’s birthday and my Dad’s birthday.

David was big on celebrating every occasion. May was my month and June was his month. I received multiple cards for each occasion and there was usually a personal touch or an element of surprise. June was David’s month but I could never top anything David did for me. Like David I will buy more than one card for each occasion but unlike David I was really bad at personalizing the cards. In fact, I still have some cards that I never gave him. He used to joke that he will write his cards for himself.

I enter this month wondering how I will hold up as each of these occasion occur. I am most concerned with how I will handle our anniversary, David’s birthday, and father’s day. For our anniversary, I think I will take the day off work.

For David’s birthday I will ask my older daughter for suggestions on what to do. In February, she asked that “since Daddy is gone, can we still celebrate his birthday?”. I hope we can find something to do to make it a meaningful day. For father’s day, if they are doing any father’s day projects at school, I will ask that my daughters do the same projects in honor of their Dad.