On the way to school today Meg talked a lot about KeShawn and all of the great memories that she had of him. I teared up when I thought of the multitude of texts that he sent her on the morning that she got her braces. He couldn't wait to see pictures of them. As we got closer to Bethany she became very quiet and then finally said, "It is so hard when the one person who could make you smile through all of this is the person that you are grieving." I felt awful for her as I realized that there wasn't anything that she could do except to try and get through this time in her life.
Unfortunately, Meg's day did not get much easier. There was a wonderful memorial service during chapel for Shawn that she sobbed through. She tried to go to class, but just couldn't handle it. Grace said that she'd sit with Meg during Bible since Shawn always did, but Meg just wasn't able to do it. Even the classes that she didn't have him in, he would walk her to daily. The pain of him not being there was just too much for her to bare. Therefore instead of going to them today, she hung out in the library with her classmates sharing stories, videos, pictures and a lot of tears. By the time she got to piano, she was completely drained.
Earlier in the day she thought about cancelling her piano lesson. Mrs. Meek and I decided that we'd keep the time open as we thought it might make her feel better to play for awhile. I was happy afterward to hear that it really helped her and was glad that we encouraged her to try. Although still sad, she was able to eat dinner and work on some homework. She agreed that getting back to a routine this evening did make her feel a little better. Praying for a restful night for her.
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