Birthdays and trees

If there's birthday to celebrate and there's nobody here to celebrate it for, is it still a birthday?

Today is my mom's birthday. She would have been 57. I still miss her so much. There is a big gaping hole. Last night I read James 1:3-4. Trials are for us, shaping us. Painful.

Today I:

1. took my meds
2. applied window film to half of my bathroom window
3. put away some wrapping paper to go up in the attic

Not really very productive.