I always have feared death. It makes me uncomfortable. It scares me. It leaves me feeling a suffocating pain. When not faced with death, I can wax philosophically about the faith I have in an afterlife and talk poetically about… Read More ›
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A Eulogy of Sorts
It never ceases to amaze me how a seemingly random encounter can lead to some of the most unlikely relationships, and I have been so fortunate to have had such an encounter with a very interesting gentleman indeed. I met Jerry… Read More ›
Rest in Peace
This morning, I was surprised and frustrated to awaken to find myself feeling completely under the weather. I had my entire day planned out, and taking a sick day was not among those plans. I also did not expect to… Read More ›
The Potter’s Field
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8o8n69z71c# “What happens to the homeless when they die? The Potter’s Field documentary follows a group of high school students who attempt to give a little dignity, in death, to those who were stripped of it in life.” This past… Read More ›
Life After a Death
This is a first for me, as I am combining yesterday’s blog post and today’s blog post into one, and I will apologize in advance for what I fear will be a jumbled amalgamation of words and thoughts. Yesterday, my… Read More ›
An Outlaw’s Grief
When I was married, my sisters-in-law, who had also married into the family, and I jokingly referred to ourselves as “outlaws”, instead of in-laws, and my mother-in-law would borrow the title from the 1954 musical, ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”, to describe… Read More ›
September 30
There are few days more special to me than September 30, for this day celebrates two of the most extraordinary people in my life-my maternal grandmother and my oldest daughter. Today is my grandmother’s birthday, and it also is the… Read More ›
Sweetness Follows
It never ceases to amaze me how some of the most influential people in my life are the ones who, at first glance, played a seemingly insignificant role in my journey. It does not matter that the amount of time… Read More ›
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