Navigating the logistics of loss
It starts before you even begin to accept what has happened. Almost immediately, as you try to wrap your brain around the loss, the...
Thrown
A week ago this morning, I set myself up on my deck with a cup of coffee, the day’s newspaper, and my computer, thinking I would catch up...
The veil
Over the last few weeks as I have walked through the minutes and days of June, a thought has run through my mind. One particular thought...
A trigger I did not expect
It’s amazing to me how hard it is to predict how I will react in a given situation, or how I will be coping on a particular day or at a...
Hey, you know, flowers.
So. Four months have passed, and four friends are gone. January – lymphoma. February – brain cancer. March – metastatic kidney cancer....
Grief is physical.
My hair looks different to me lately. Over the last few months, it has become puffier on the top – oddly, only on the top. My hair is...