Today I am going to be composing the "In Memorium" piece we want to have published in the local newspaper next Friday. Tonight most of the family is going to be at a wedding of one of Laurie's friends. Last night I went with Katie and the twins to the wake of one of Katie's friend's dad. This morning is the lottery for Cubs tickets. Just strikes me as the strange yet normal day-to-day I experience.

Greg's blog today, written half a world away, shows he is experiencing a lot of the same feelings I am. Emails friends are sending tell me they are thinking of us right now. The other day I browsed through emails we received when Laurie was missing and then when we knew what had actually happened. There were over 1400 emails and I just marveled at the outpouring from people from every phase of our lives. At a Willow Volunteer dinner the other night I sat next to an older man who told me he had never, ever stood in a line for over 2 hours to pay condolences as he had at Laurie's wake. I am reminded we have been so cared for in these last two years, reflections of community. What would we do without it?