Mavis

Ang says I always know what to say, but I've been thinking about this post for the last week and I still feel like I don't have the words to really say what is in my heart. All I know is I wish I could call Mavis on the phone and hear her laugh. I wish I could bring Ben and Sam over to her house to play with all the toys there. I wish she could come out to Yorkton this weekend and hang out with me and watch girl flicks.

Mavis just always had a way of making everyone around her feel happy. That sounds so trite and it doesn't really cover it... It was like you could be happier with yourself and with the people around you just because you were with Mavis. Everything seemed nicer, funnier, and just lighter around Mavis. And I miss that.

Today when Glen comes home from work I'm going to go buy a helium balloon. I'm going to drive out to a field and remember how her life touched mine and how she loved the people around her. Then I'll let it go... And when I see it's bright color lifting up into the bleak winter sky I'll remember how she brought color to my life.