I was only three years old when the last of my living grandparents passed away. Sadly, I have no memory of them. Over the course of my life, I have lost one sister, two brothers, a nephew, two... Read more >>

BOREDOM  It is intense.  DESIRE It is unreal.  PAIN It is fierce.   HOPE It is lost.  REALITY It has sunk in.  DENIAL It cannot mask this.  Read more >>

I have now lost two of the closest people in my life ... almost thirteen years ago, I lost my Dad. Less than a month ago, I lost my Mimi. I am heartbroken, yet more resilient somehow. My earliest... Read more >>

Today, again, I found myself obsessing over the things that I have lost. Actual stuff, not conceptual stuff. I’m still perplexed and vexed over the disappearance of my “new” camera.... Read more >>

Alena the goldfish is finally free. On a warm spring evening, as the sweet scent of magnolia drifted in through open windows, and a lone songbird indulged one last melody to end his day, Alena moved... Read more >>

One thing I have learned in the past couple of years is that we do not grieve just once. We move through loss and, with work and compassion toward self and others, we can also move forward. What is... Read more >>

Me, the nurse I am, and the sort of person that I am, when I question something, I look up the answers. I’m not afraid of doing a little research so I can understand it ... although this... Read more >>

What a cheery and happy title for a Monday morning, huh? But stay with me here because it really is all about hope and optimism with me. Over the weekend, I was reading the latest issue of O, The... Read more >>

I am thirty-nine years old. I have a wonderful, well-rounded son who has turned into a young man in what seems like a day. It truly seems like it was yesterday that he was born. He is fourteen years... Read more >>

I have gained great insight into my past. I see it so differently now. The memories that filled me with such agony are now so very precious and when I think of Michelle and our life together, a wee... Read more >>