Hi Jill,

I am still pretty new at this whole mourning thing, I can't imagine what a year of this is like, just hitting the one month mark a couple weeks ago was a killer for me. I think it's great that you are going to take the day off and do something special. Is there anything in particular that you and Ken enjoyed doing together? A favorite restaurant or park/beach you used to go to? Maybe if the weather is nice you could have a picnic and share a couple of funny or sweet stories? It might also be nice to do something nice for yourselves, like a pamper treatment... maybe a pedicure or massage.

My family and I spent our summers on Cape Cod, in Wellfleet specifically, which is like a second home to me. It was my mom's favorite place on earth and it saddens me that she didn't get a chance to get back there more recently. When I was a kid, she and I were always the first ones up in the morning so on vacation we would pack breakfast and go watch the sunrise at least once a year. We'd sit on top of the dunes with our bowls of cereal and watch the sun come up over the Atlantic... one of my most treasured memories. I think this is what I will do on her first anniversary...