Birthday wishes, Sammy...

Today is an extremely sad one.  As a parent who has lost a child, I am daily with that loss.  Today, his birthday, is not a memory... not a reminder... not easier than yesterday.  In fact, today is harder because I am always, whether he is with me or not, the same as I was the day my Sammy came into this world nineteen years ago today.  I am his mother.  Life hurts.