Tuesday, August 7th was 6 months since you've been gone.  I cried on and off all day. I had to constantly hide somewhere at work so I could cry.   Wednesday 8/8/18,  was the same horrendously painful day for me. I took a walk at lunch, put my sunglasses on so I could cry, and roamed the campus near the art center. I was trying to look for a "new" subject for my lunch time nature photos. I saw this log along the trail next to the cow pasture. I always think it has such character. I've walked by it dozens of times before. I decided to walk up closer to get a better photo and noticed the "Brendan" green color. I could see that it was a pretty weathered ribbon. It occurred to me that the green ribbon symbol must represent a "cause".  I took the photos seen here and decided to check on the meaning of the ribbon when I got back to my office. You can imagine my amazement when I saw some of the symbols the green ribbon stands for.