grateful.

home from my LOOOOONG day at the memorial.
i can't say enough about it.
perfection.
pretty much everyone who reads my blog was there, so i feel silly recounting the details, but it was better than i dared hope for.
we had to add extra rows of chairs for the service!! because there were so many people!!
(no elephants or parades, but it was fucking close.)
i can't even begin to put into words how fortunate i feel to have the community i do. almost every person who matters to me was in one place, at one time. looking into the garden at the church, seeing everyone working their buns off to get the party set up, it just made me weep. so, so, so lucky, and so loved.
and THEN a huge group of people went out for dinner afterwards!
we kept the restaurant staff working late as everyone chatted and got along beautifully and it was wonderfulwonderfulwonderful.
i'm feeling very tired and maybe like i have a fever and definitely boozy from my beers and margaritas, so i'm going to bed, but i just wanted everyone to know how amazing today was.
if mom were a party, she'd have been this party - profound and fun, in perfectly equal measures.