Where to Begin? I had intended to start writing again 6 months after my last post but found that I needed more time to get my mind back on track. My last entry centered on my moving forward with my life. Since that time, I have worked on blocking people from being able to engage […]
Moving On
What makes family? I have heard the sayings about family. Blood is thicker than water. Blood doesn’t make family. Family supports family. Family first. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. Family is everything. Family is forever. So on, and so forth. Merriam-Webster definition: Definition of family plural families 1: a group […]
10 12 Eternity
10 Today is our 10 year anniversary. 2006-2016. He may have passed just shy of the full 10 years, but he is with me. Ashes and memories. He knew before proposing to me that we were it. I was not going to allow the d-word into my vocabulary. There were rough patches, but we did […]
Ocean Therapy
Today was a very gray day. Off and on there was drizzling, misty rain. Sometimes it fell heavier, and sometimes it stopped for a short while. I managed to complete a couple of errands I had set for myself and was on the ride home. My route went by the ocean and on a whim, […]
What Normal
Mentioned in my prior post, Joe departed life on 10/03/2016. He gained his wings at 3:33 AM. We had gotten him transported to Kaplan House through his hospice service on 10/01/2016. On 10/02/2016, about 12 hours before he passed, he told us he wanted to sleep and be done with it. Thankfully, he was able […]