Ryan Said . . .

. . . that it's weird not having Neil in the house, that he misses seeing him around.

I can agree with Ryan.

Neil has been in Texas for a bit over a month, and there are still times when I expect to see him come down the stairs or hear him cough upstairs.

This is not like Neil being away from home by staying at the hospital. At least with a hospital stay we could still see him. And more importantly, he would come back home.

But Neil is not coming back again.

Texas is now his home.

Hopefully we won't have to wait too long before we can gather up the resources to relocate to Texas so that we could join Neil and once again be together.