A friend recently and relatively artlessly started talking to me about this OTHER firend that she has – he’s in his early seventies, he’s “also” widowed (twice, as it…Continue readingRe-pair…
You can have many kinds of grief. You can grieve the loss of a job, a dream, even things (accidentally dropping and smashing a favourite mug will give you a…Continue readingThe Nature of Grief
To telescope a harrowing couple of months into a couple of sentences,my mom was on hospice for kidney disease (and she kept ON being on hospice, declining slower and slower,…Continue readingThe Winnowing
A long time ago now, I wrote a novel – about a sisterhood. The concept of the “jin shei” bond, a sisterhood of the heart, a “Chosen” family as opposed…Continue readingFriendship passing
Dear love, It’s been two years, today. Two years since you left me. Two years since your body failed you (although your courage never did). Two years since you passed…Continue readingTwo years
I still remember vividly the first Halloween I had in America – the way Deck took a gleeful delight in initiating me into Northern American rites and traditions, his absolute…Continue readingHalloween…
There’s a Lithub article, referencing the grief people feel on losing beloved animals, a “good grief” as it happens, an inevitability of loss when you give your heart to a…Continue readingDisenfranchised grief
BVC Announces Forever Is Shorter Than It Used to Be by Alma Alexander Well, it’s here. “Forever is Shorter Than It Used To Be” is now available as paperback or…Continue reading“Forever” is here…
They were doing something “in memory of”, at the Hospice House where Deck died. If you went there as a drive-through kind of event they’d give you a little potted…Continue readingSo, today. Flowers.
When we moved to Washington state in February 2003, it was with an ornery old cat in tow, Domino, of indeterminate age and very much special needs, whom I…Continue readingA tale of two kitties