-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Marshall on Bring The Dory Home Marita Falconer on Solitary Eileen on The Rose Marita Falconer on It Was A Dark And Stormy … Susan Diggle on Bring The Dory Home Archives
- November 2017
- May 2017
- February 2017
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
Categories
- Aging
- Aunt Mary
- Beauty
- Catholic
- Central Park
- Change
- Childhood
- Commute
- compassion
- coping
- Country Living
- Creativity
- Daily Life
- Death
- Depression
- Dogs
- Domestic Violence
- Drunk
- Encouragement
- Faith
- Family
- Farm
- Fashion
- Gilligan
- Gratitude
- Grief
- Growth
- Hope
- Jon Katz
- Loss
- Love
- Marriage
- Mystical
- Nature
- New York City
- poetry
- Random Acts of Kindness
- Sadness
- Spirit
- Uncategorized
Meta
Category Archives: Death
The Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge
It was the summer most of us graduated from college. We were artists; dancers, singers, musicians, actors and migrated immediately to NYC to start our new lives. There was a building on E. 52nd Street that a number of previous … Continue reading
Sifting Through A Life
I was sick this weekend, down with some bug that left me feeling like I had been body-slammed by The Hulk. I wanted nothing more on Saturday but to remain in bed as late as possible and then to spend … Continue reading
Transitions
They lit the candle outside my Aunt’s room tonight. There was Christmas music from the CD player next to her bed and a blank journal for visitors to write in. After I left, they were changing the sheets from standard … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Death, Family, Mystical, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
And The Angels Smiled
In a crowd, you stood alone amid a swirling cloud of loss and emptiness. I saw in your eyes the same weary sadness that haunts my sleepless nights. Your shoulders pressed down under the weight of endless grief. My heart … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, compassion, Death, Encouragement, Grief, Loss, Love, Mystical, Uncategorized
Tagged Grief, letting go, Love
3 Comments
Heart and Hands
Today is three weeks since I let Gilligan go home. Most of the time, I’m able to push it out of my mind. Until I look at my hands. The last month of his life, I had my hands in … Continue reading
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio
Yesterday was the six month anniversary of my step-son’s death. My husband said nothing about it and neither did I. I thought, perhaps, he didn’t want to talk about it. Matthew’s death has been numbing for all of us. I … Continue reading
Bittersweet Hope
I’m exhasted. I didn’t sleep well last night. I thought I was ready for this. I held it together until I picked up Gilligan and put him in the back of the car. I cried all the way to the … Continue reading