Ode to My Personal Maid
She was my personal maid, laundress, nurse, chef, chauffeur, social planner, personal shopper, and hairstylist. She also paid for everything I needed. I was a kept girl and didn’t [...]
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Jul, 2023
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May, 2022
Send In The Clowns
When I see him walk with a limp, my stomach tightens with an ache. His limp means he’s in pain, hurting, and there’s nothing I can do to make [...]
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Aug, 2021
Grief Has No Shelf Life
August 17th, again. The anniversary of the day my mother took her last inhale and never again exhaled. After hours with her, I’d stepped out of the room only [...]
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Mar, 2021
Love Letter to My Heart
My heart, dear heart, sweet, gentle heart. I wish you were healthy and I’m grateful that despite your challenges, you’re still here. My heart, broken so many times yet not [...]
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Feb, 2021
Life On A Limb
Life on a Limb Life is precarious, like living on the slender limb of a tree. Most of the time we don't know this. Once death moves closer, [...]
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May, 2020
Amidst a Pandemic by Kathryn Mattingly – Guest Post
I am delighted that award winning author Kathryn Mattingly has generously allowed me to share with you her personal, yet universal, post about the challenges she has been facing while [...]
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Dec, 2019
The Greatest Gift
After a night of limited sleep, I woke up on a four-foot long hospital couch and greeted my 70th birthday. I wore the longest inverted crescent moon frown I can [...]
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Sep, 2019
We Go On
August 30, 2019 We go on with our days Slower now, more mindful, Yet in a numbness as though nothing really happened. And then I’ll look over at him, [...]
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Aug, 2019
The Forest
We entered the woods this year. In January. We didn’t slowly stroll in—we were yanked out of our complacency and tossed into the thicket. We never left, but often [...]
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Aug, 2019
You Fool Yourself
You fool yourself. You believe you’re safe. You believe there’s time. More time. You should know better. Life has revealed her truth to you many times. And yet, it is [...]