Writer's block

First of all, thank you for your sweet thoughts.

I'm going to Paris this weekend for the funeral. My sister and cousin are coming back from New York and Boston respectively.

I have to read an essay in the name of the grandchildren. I cry at the drop of a hat. I feel so nervous about writing the damn thing, striking the right note between funny and sad. And then I have to read it.

I have total writer's block.