This year has been a reminder of how fragile life is and that you can’t take anything for granted. Having lived through the death of both my parents and then catching COVID a month after my dad died was overwhelming. Little did I know that two weeks after recovering from COVID, I would have to…… Continue reading Adjusting to the Unexpected
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Grief Interrupters
The other day I walked into the garage because I had an appointment. As the garage door was going up, water was dripping from it. There was water on the floor and a strange hissing sound that I couldn’t place. As I walked around the car, I saw water spraying out of two holes in…… Continue reading Grief Interrupters
How My Heart Is
“The prompt from””Writing Your Grief” is to write about the condition of my heart. I sat with it for a few days, trying to get a sense of where I am right now. The first image that came to me was the desert. “The prompt from “Writing Your Grief” is to write about the condition…… Continue reading How My Heart Is
Living in Two Worlds
“The trick, if there is one, is to maintain both: wonder and sadness, curiosity and grief. Joy and the absence of joy. Overcome by neither, open to both.” I’m using this quote from “Writing Your Grief” as a jumping-off point to write on melancholy because I’ve learned to live in a world of both/and. Grief…… Continue reading Living in Two Worlds
Smoldering Ache of Loss
Smoldering means smoke with no flames. Flames are the roar of death, either sudden or expected. Both hurt. The smoke is the pain left behind, filling my lungs until I can barely breathe. Mike’s sudden death smoldered in my mind and heart for years as I learned to live without him. After the first two…… Continue reading Smoldering Ache of Loss
Beautiful Bittersweet Life 