From Sevierville To Versailles, Kentucky.
A lot of rain last night and overnight, but clear during the day. I left around 10:30, and headed north to Versailles, Kentucky, to visit with Jerry and Melissa, where we’ll spread more of Bev’s ashes.
I arrived around 2 pm, after an uneventful and straightforward drive. Jerry isn’t feeling to well, so didn’t get to spend too much time with Jerry as he needed to rest, but spent bice time with Melissa, and their friend Randy joined us for dinner. Randy recently lost his wife, Judy, who was a close friend of both Jerry and Melissa, but especially Melissa. He and I are in the same boat, and Randy tells me he cries every day. The loss of a life partner, a spouse, a deep friend, your other half, is just decimating. Although the widow/widower looks and functions “normally,” that’s not what’s going on inside. And it does feel like the loss of your other half, as it leaves you feeling that half of you has been stripped away and is gone forever, and you have to live your life as a half a person and get used to it. But, perhaps I’ll be flimsy, a half person for the rest of my life. The things you did as two, that had meaning when there were two of you, making a complete whole, you now do as one, lacking that meaning.
While I was driving today, I thought a bit about what I wrote last night. I wondered who I’m writing this blog for – me or others who may read it? For me, the blog feels good. Ideas, stories, and memories floating around in my head can be put on paper (well, cyber paper) where they can live independently of me and have a life of their own.
I didn’t take any photos today, just driving up here and then spending time with Jerry and Melissa. I’ll be here, in Versailles, until Sunday, when I’ll begin my journey to Denver, which will take several days. Tomorrow will be a nice day.