My Christmas shopping has officially started! 🎄 The first gift arrived via FedEx… Of course, I had to unbox it and play with it Just to see if it arrived unscathed and worked as described. If it was half as fun as my dear friend’s grandma showed in her videos, I knew it would be…
Mother’s Day was a day of sweet moments memories cutting, ironing, and sewing for the now larger-than-life mask making machine, and being alone physically (most of the day) due to f*cking Rona (yes, I swore). I talked with a dear childhood friend early in the morning and later in the day. My son called first…
I said in another post that while I’m stubborn, my mind can be changed. After writing the first installment of this series, I decided not to reschedule. Rona be damned. But my brain was unsettled. I was upset. Not just at definitions, terminology, or dates. But about not being able to honor my Love’s wishes…
Today is my Love’s first earth birthday since he passed nine months ago. As expected, I woke up crying. Decided to go Facebook dark because memories are so very painful today. But yesterday is what I came to write about: I told my daughter-in-love that I was missing him because it was the first night…
His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do – the best ones. The ones who rise up and say “I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come.” Those souls are always light because more of them have…
It’s pretty safe to say that we’ve all experienced death. Close by or from afar. But sitting by watching a loved one go through the process of dying is new for me. I was not present at the time of death of my Love, my parents, or my grandparents. I have participated in codes and…
My Love adored our grandchildren. One of his last wishes was that they never forget him. While I don’t believe anyone will let that happen, I wanted something concrete to give each of them for the holidays that would be a reminder of Grandpa. Thanks to a connection through my sister-by-choice Wendi, Bridgette at The…
