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Category: Thoughts on Family
Wrapping Up Someone’s Life
Wrapping up someone’s life is one of the strangest things I’ve ever done and no one has made it stranger than the cable company.
Tears and Laughter? Yes, please.
I never knew there was so much to organize. Since Rich’s mother passed, we’ve lived by a list that seems to triple each day - a list that has yet to include “breathe” or “process” or even “fall apart.” I have fallen apart. That’s actually not surprising as I’m game to fall apart with a … Continue reading Tears and Laughter? Yes, please.
There’s a Grief That Can’t Be Spoken
I had no intention of writing anything at all today. Find the right words? They are all lost. When my husband got the call that his mother was in active cardiac arrest, everything around us stopped. His second phone call to me was silent. I asked if he was there, thinking he’d inadvertently hit the … Continue reading There’s a Grief That Can’t Be Spoken
MommaPause: Empty Nesting, Day 8.
MommaPause: Empty Nesting hasn't gone exactly as planned.
A Note to the First Timers: It Will All Fall Into Place.
What would I tell those anxious parents experiencing that first round of college preparation? It will all fall into place, eventually. It really will.
Generation What??? Oh, They’re Just Winging It.
On Saturday I woke up much later than anticipated and immediately felt a churning of my nerves as I realized the new and improved, casual me had slipped out during the night. Dang it! On the docket for the day was a birthday tea with my bestie (scheduled at noon) but also a few tasks … Continue reading Generation What??? Oh, They’re Just Winging It.
Class of (Covid) 2024
If ever there was a perfect Class of 2024 party favor, why wouldn’t it be a positive Covid test? Covid? Wait, we’re still doing that? Evidently, yes. If I’d paid closer attention to the universe’s trajectory over the last eight weeks, I might have anticipated Covid as the wrap-up to its chaos. Perhaps I’d even … Continue reading Class of (Covid) 2024
Wistful. Why Am I Not More Wistful?
Do you ever have one of those reactions that, when compared to those around you, seems very much not the same? By the time you read this, our nest will be emptied. Why am I not more wistful?
How Doors Work: A Lesson From My Child
We are now locked into bottomless therapy for our son. We were locked into bottomless therapy for our eldest child years ago but it was always a bit of a blurry line. Had we really done anything as parents to truly scar that first child forever? As of a few days ago, as this question … Continue reading How Doors Work: A Lesson From My Child