Today would have been my mother's 60th birthday ( Read more... )

It's been two weeks since my mom died.  In some ways, I've been more together than I expected. I haven't had to pull off in the middle of rush hour traffic to sob uncontrollably. However, I've done my share of crying, the rare panic attack (that's new! not so much fun!), and flashes of inappropriate anger. Tom rocks, as usual ( Read more... )

PURNELL, Carmen M. (Pazo), 58, lifelong resident of Tampa, passed away on Tues. Apr. 22, 2008. Carmen was a 1967 graduate of H.B. Plant High School and attended the Univ. of Tampa. She is survived by her husband Bruce B. Purnell, her mother, Regla Pazo, her daughter, Heather Sorensen (Tom), granddaughters, Amelia and Katie, and her sister, Debra ( Read more... )