1. I'm feeling deeply sad and missing my mom a lot. I picked up her ashes on Friday and now they are sitting on my kitchen counter. My cat often sits next to the urn, it's kind weird. I have to say, the funeral industry really takes financial advantage of grieving families, it's pretty fucked up. They charged us $90 for a cardboard box that's ( Read more... )

1. Mom's been gone for over a week and it's taken that long to have it hit me. The first 7 days were a fog of relief and busyness; tending to her financial and personal details, making phone calls and being with family. Sunday evening, it hit me like a ton of bricks that the reason I felt such a relief was because she was no longer suffering, and ( Read more... )

A Converstation With My Mom ( Read more... )

1. I wrote "deceased" on all my mothers junk mail, even though she's not dead yet. Try it, bet you'll never get junk mail again ( Read more... )

1. I bought a car! AHHHHH! I guess it's necessary for my life and I can't keep borrowing or renting cars forever. I got a 1986 Jetta from a local mechanic whom I trust and really like. He said, "I put in $1600 worth of work into it to make it into tip-top shape. You are paying for the work, but you get the car for free." It's in really good shape ( Read more... )

1. My friend/coworker Mark's boyfriend killed himself last night. They went to a party and afterward the boyfriend said, "Go away, I want to be alone for a few hours." Mark came back few hours later only to find boyfriends head in a plastic bag and dead as a doornail. Pretty fucked up, huh ( Read more... )

Halloween may be a time for candy and scary masks for some, but for me it is one of the most powerful times of the year. In my spiritual beliefs, this is the time of year to honor the dead, talk to my ancestors and feel the power of the earth turning into winter ( Read more... )

Happy New Year you pagan witchy freaks!