I feel like the space between moments grows smaller and smaller and my task list and catalog of commitments only seems to grow larger. I'm busy getting ready for a craft show three weeks from tomorrow. Chris has been amazing, taking up so much of the housework that he practically only leaves me with the task to create. But I have other obligations ( Read more... )

My dear, sweet, amazing grandmother passed away in her sleep sometime this morning. She was 94 and lived a blessed full life now punctuated by the most peaceful passing any of us could ever hope for. I am so grateful to have had such a rich relationship with her right until the end. I'm sure I'll have more to say in the next few days, but for now ( Read more... )

I've never done this meme before, but I've been trying to write a recap of my year and it's just not coming, so I thought this would be easier. And if I stick with it from here on out, I'll have a pretty good metric going, I think.

( How my year looked, according to a predermined set of questions. )

I was reading an interview with Toni Morrison and she was talking about losing her son 18 months ago and about how she didn't want to hear people's words of condolence. About how people say, "I'm so sorry," but how there's really no language for a loss like that. She said that I'm sorry doesn't cover it. I remember feeling that way when my mom died ( Read more... )

She passed away at 1:50-something this afternoon. My dad called me 40 miles from Memphis carrying a load of all that was in the apartment they kept in Little Rock while they were out there for treatments. When he got home, he called back to take me up on the offer I made earlier to help him around the house. I'm like him in that you know we really ( Read more... )

My stepmom, after failing to battle an attack of double pneumonia during her last round of chemo, is basically being kept alive by machines right now. It's only a matter of time and a couple of decisions at this point before she slips beyond.

I don't know what to do. I've been pushing it to the side all weekend, not sure what to do or how to feel. ( Read more... )

( I'd like to take a moment out of our regularly scheduled melancholy to share some heartbreak. )

I'm just going to say a few things ( Read more... )

My uncle Jack had a stroke two days ago that he wasn't going to be able to recover from. He and my aunt Philis lived in Florida and that's where the stroke happened. I'm not clear if the diagnosis that he wasn't going to recover was performed in Florida or after they flew him up to Columbus, OH, but I guess it doesn't really matter. They were ( Read more... )

Those of you who know me personally know I've experienced a fair share of deaths close to me in my life, both murders and unexpected natural deaths. A friend here has just experienced a tragedy and it's brought some thoughts to mind about grief and consolation. I feel as though I've learned a little more about how to grieve and get on with life ( Read more... )