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In Remembrance
Hi, Mom ( Read more... ) -
Writing It Out
*looks around cautiously. I'm here. Still alive. Surviving what life throws at me. I've had plenty of dark moments and that darkness is never far away, but I'm still here ( Read more... ) -
Welcome 2017
Yes, I know . . . I'm more than a few days late - 2017 has already begun. Honestly, my hope is only that 2017 is better than 2016, but how to actually accomplish that, I'm still trying to figure out ( Read more... ) -
A Moment of Remembrance
Hi, Mom,
Eleven years have passed. Every year is a passage of time filled with experiences that you are not here to share in. Yes, life has moved on for all of us still here, but not without a thought or two of you somewhere along the line.
Dad is truly a grandpa and I daresay loving every minute of it. Every time he talks about his granddaughters ( Read more... ) -
Yes, I'm still here . . .
I know . . . it's been a long time. I'm still alive ( Read more... ) -
Dear 2016 . . .
The holidays are done with - yay! Let's start 2016 and see what happens. (May it be better than 2015 - that's really all I ask ( Read more... ) -
Bring on the holidays
Life has continued on. Fall has arrived, bringing colder temps and rains (finally!) . . . and I get my laughs just people-watching. Sixty degrees around here apparently brings out the heavy down coats, hats, gloves and boots while I'm just dressing in long-sleeved shirts and grabbing a sweater to wear out the door in the morning. (Bonus laughs come ( Read more... ) -
Ten Years of Remembrance
Hi, Mom,
Today marks the passage of ten years. For the past week, I’ve listened to stories marking the remembrance of Hurricane Katrina that struck New Orleans hard ten years ago. While that, too, was a devastating event, it has only been thoughts of you that have been on my mind. That morning started like any other for all of us - Dad went to ( Read more... ) -
Life continues
It's been months since I was last on here . . . motivation beyond 'just get through this moment (be that moment a minute, a few hours or that workday)' is pretty much not in me right now ( Read more... ) -
The Goal is Survival . . .
Sounds simple . . . yet, right now, it’s hard. History is repeating itself - or at least that is what it feels and looks like to me. I know I’ll get through it because there is no other choice for me . . . but I still don’t like myself for repeating history ( Read more... )