A Toast To A Year of Change

A new year = a new normal. From December 2017 to December 2018 was a trying time.  Within that span of a year we; my sister, my husband, my kids and myself, lost a dog, a father, a brother, my husband's step-mom and a nephew.  Death seems to have surrounded us. 2019 has got to... Continue Reading →

Moving On

December 13th was like any other day in my house.  Well, maybe it was even a little lighter than any other day in recent history.  I wasn't bogged down with the sadness and guilt that's been slowly eating at me every day for the past year.  I wasn't dwelling on the fact that my dad... Continue Reading →

Life Goes On

The holidays are upon us and this year is, hopefully, closing out a year of loss and pain and anger and sadness. Over the past year we have lost a beloved pet (she was with us for 15 years), my dad, my brother, a grandmother and my daughter's innocence and security. Having lived through the... Continue Reading →

Unstable

I can not get my head on straight this morning. It's a morning of sadness, anger and fear. It's a morning of mourning. Hell, it's been a year of mourning. And I am ready for it to be done. We're coming up on the one-year death date for my dad. On December 17th it will... Continue Reading →

The Process of Dying

I haven't had it in me to write about my brother and the experiences that surround his passing since my last post.  I am the queen of avoidance coping, what can I say?  I feel like the record needs to be set straight; however, regarding the details of his death.  Some of the things we... Continue Reading →

Lift With Care

I think I dreamed of my dad and my brother last night.  I can't fully remember if I did or if I just woke up with them heavy on my mind.  Sometimes one is better than the other.  All that I am left with at this point is the question of "when does it end"? ... Continue Reading →

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