"Live a life youre proud of and if you need to, have the strength to start all over again." ~Unknown      This quote holds a significant meaning to me everyday,  but especially so this month, as well as every February since 2010.  As my children and I come upon the anniversary of their fathers passing, I once again am in awe that we have not only "made it" another year, but thrived, changed, grown, learned, loved, and lived.  G.d is good.        Two years ago on February 4th we were a family of five, living what I thought was "the dream."  We were making plans for that weekend to do what most of us will be doing tomorrow, watching football and hanging out with family & friends ~especially since our beloved Colts were playing that year down in Miami!  Who would have known that a couple of short weeks later, we would be a new, changed, broken family of four, clinging to each other, raw and unsure of what the next few minutes, hours, days, weeks and months would bring.  The friends we leaned on those first few months will and can never be repaid.  How could we possibly, but we are forever grateful.   We were given strength when we had nothing to draw from, nourishment when "breaking bread" was the last thing on our minds, laughter -even when it seemed inappropriate, but yet wonderfully needed at the same time, shoulders upon shoulders upon shoulders upon shoulders were cried on...too many to count but all remembered fondly,  as well as an insane amount of just plain LOVE ~sent from as near as next door, down the block, across the city, the country, to as far as a whole other continent.        There are those who have asked "How do you move forward?"  This is how we have moved to this place two years in the future, not just "making it," but thriving, changing, growing, learning, loving, and living.  Because of you, we are here. More to come on who we are, but first things first.  RIP Douglas Richard Weiss 1969-2010.  Son, Father, Husband and Friend.  You are missed everyday.