Had a pretty good day yesterday. We won!! (46-26) Wife was not at the game because she had to go to her best friend's wedding.

I went to pick up the kids yesterday. We were talking and out of the blue she says "I won't be going to the high school game on Friday". It was like she was trying to get me to ask her why and then I remembered that Friday will be one year since her Grandpa died.
I asked her if she was going to be OK on Friday and she replied "It's me. I can handle it. I'll be fine."
I said "Sometimes you carry too much on your shoulders" and she looked away and said "I know".
I may have slipped here but I stroked her cheek and told her she doesn't need to carry that weight by herself.

Sometimes I get the feeling from her that there's a wall between her and I that she wants to get past but she doesn't know how.