The Burden of the Story

It's been nearly 2 1/2 years and I still run into firsts. I have been somewhat caught off guard by this concept of sharing his story with people who never knew of him. I was traveling and went out with another remote coworker who is kind of new to the company. The only thing he knows about me is that I have 2 kids and it seems I am a single parent-though I never call myself that.  There are many people in my life now that don't know about Reid and I don't like it. So, we were talking and I just dropped the bombshell and then quickly try to continue the story so I don't leave this guy in the awkward state of silence. I had never done this before and sometimes I actually feel guilty. How can I not talk about him. How can I not bring up any story of my 23 years with him? I shared this with another friend of mine who nailed it. "This was the greatest time of you life and the ending was the most significant experience you have ever ever had but you can't talk about it because you don't want to burden the other person.". Exactly! That was exactly it. It is nobody's fault. Not some flaw in our society. It is just part of the journey and part of the learning.

It was so wonderful talking about him.