Robin Emily Padilla

I was just sharing a memory of you. You continue to have a presence in my life. I think of you but also your beautiful children and wonder how they are.

You are in my mind often. I comfort myself by envisaging your energy is free to race through the universe: Starry Night.

You enter into my thoughts It gives me pause when you do A sigh and you leave.

Just talking about you yesterday when I saw that Donna the Buffalo concert is coming to Asheville......think of you with very fond memories.....

On this day I send you a big wave. Throughout the year I always nod.

I think of Robin quite frequently. She was a larger than life energetic spirit. I miss her to this day. She left a huge impression on me those early parenting that we were friends. She was a unique and singular spirit that remains very strong in my world.

You are still in my thoughts. I now imagine you soaring through the universe with your sister.

2020: still seems like yesterday you were here. Still seems like I just got the news you were gone. Still hard to comprehend your absence. Still missing you. Still baffled. Still sad. A little angry. And you always remain shiny, bright & beloved as always ❤

I still think of Robin. It is interesting how the departed hover in our lives: a gift found in a cupboard, hearing an expression they often used, and random thoughts bring back shared moments from the past. The pain of the loss diminishes, but the sadness never goes away.