I can't say that I've started an organization or anything in Luke's name since he passed (though we have raised a substantial sum of money for the OC Walk to Remember in his name), but what I can say is this: He taught me, and many of those around me--that life is short. That tomorrow is never a given. I've always been a person that lived very much in the present, but this never became more clear that day we lost him. I never ever once believed that someone--let alone ME--could make it through 39 weeks of pregnancy and NOT go home with their baby. Those things don't happen anymore, I thought. I was wrong.
I'm not sure what made us wait so long to start a family, but that was one of the things that was hard to face when we lost him. First and foremost, none of us are given tomorrow. Now is all we have. To start a family. To kiss your children goodnight. To be happy. Don't wait.
That's his legacy.
I'm doing this challenge too, posting on my blog and on the Facebook event. It'd been somewhat healing in a way for me. I hope its doing some of the same for you.
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