The one year mark...ta da

Well, the one year anniversary came and went yesterday, and with no fanfare. We couldn't celebrate ourselves, we have no extra money to go out for dinner or any of the usual things people do to celebrate important milestones. Fred is in Egypt, and he didn't call. I think that was the biggest downer so far. He was supposed to call since we couldn't be together, but not a word. I keep trying to tell myself (and Lonnie) that he may have had trouble calling out from so far away, or some other unforeseen thing may have kept him from calling. Lonnie was very down about it. Not that we think he should call and thank us for saving his life, far from it. We are disappointed because he is our friend, and we had looked forward to talking with him. We miss him, plain and simple. One year later, and still the emotional roller coaster continues...