Slowing reemerging from my nether world and just have to give you the PS on that. Turns out Lisa, (Thanksgiving psychic) has her very own beloved pedigreed German Shepherd. Of course she does. I have landed on my ass in the (supposedly) real world, smack dab in the land of...
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Recovery Café
We sit rapt around the table in the last five minutes of the class listening to her tell her story, part of an assignment that has turned into so much more. The class is for those recovering from substance abuse – never has there been a group of braver...
...continue readingNine Years – Remember or Forget?
Arron and I, likely around 89 or 90 Never Forget. That is the ubiquitous 9/11 statement is it not? And as always it perplexes me. This year in particular, with all the media attention about the Mosque in Manhattan and the burning of the Koran in Florida, how can we...
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I am looking forward to being part of a unique experience in San Diego this summer, where I will have the pleasure of speaking about grief and loss to an audience who are new to the game, and to some who are veterans. Last year, the first year of...
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As I reflect on what would have been my 19th wedding anniversary, I continue to wonder, What if? Of course it’s impossible to imagine and yet, I still can in a way. Tonight we might have sat in a quiet restaurant somewhere nibbling sushi, or maybe we would now...
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A few updates: 1. I have not killed the dog. She lumbers along and I follow picking up either her or her poop. 2. Still trying to figure out the new washer/dryer. I keep putting the duvet into the dryer, but can’t seem to make it go for more than 54...
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It might be ironic that today begins the new Death with Dignity act in the State of Washington, just now, when I am up to my eyeballs in dogginess. We have an old Golden named Harley. She is 15 now and I am usually awakened two or three times a...
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Learning to live again after the sudden death of my husband Arron on 9/11. I live with my two children, Carter, 11 and Olivia 15. I have written my book, The Alchemy of Loss, as a testament to finding the silver lining of grief
