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Tag Archives: Grief
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
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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
Back on Track
Yesterday was my first day back at work since losing Matt. The funeral was Friday. I thought we would have the long Memorial Day weekend to ease back into the real world but our boat sold and we had only these … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, Death, Family, Grief, Uncategorized
Tagged Commute, Death, Faith, Grief, letting go, Love
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There is no crying in baseball
I was raised with my mother’s family, the O’Briens, an Irish Catholic brood in the era of the Kennedys. Like many Irish Catholic families, the Kennedys were demi-gods to us. I’m not sure whether we strove to emulate them or … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Grief, growth, Husband, Irish Catholic, O'Briens
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Burn Notice
When I was a very little girl, the house behind us burned to the ground. I remember standing at my bedroom window hypnotized by the flames. The sirens, the yelling the sounds of things crashing down, disturbing the peace of … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, Death, Grief, Sadness, Uncategorized
Tagged Death, Grief, letting go, Love
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