The Connection

It suddenly hit me today...why is it that whenever I bump into a friend of my hubby's I am moved to tears? It could be in a mall, at the store, at my kid's hockey game...The more I thought about it the more I realized that's it's because they are my "connection" to him. These are people that we wouldn't  normally hang out with as a couple and more really his friends,either from work, hockey or someone he's known for a while before even meeting me. Knowing that that person has memories of him that I may not even know about and that they too are aching from his loss makes me well up inside. Of course, if they come and give me a hug, then the flood gates entirely open up. It is those unspoken words of  "we both miss him and are hurting" that are floating in the air amidst the embrace. That is my revelation for today!