Missing My Sister Esther
“You’re coming up to a small town that has an historical marker,” Esther texted to me as Marv and I …
Category Archives: Health
Grief at Thirty-six Months: Honey, would you please…
Come back for just a day? I want to tell you about— The water softener spraying water over the furnace …
Thoughts on Character
“I have enough character,” I’ve been known to say when anyone tells me that a trying experience for me “builds …
N is for Normal
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge I wince when I think of normal, especially …
M is for Mile
An entry for the Blogging A to Z in April Challenge I have a few friends who walk every day. …
H is for Hair
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge in April: Have you obsessed about your hair this past …
Memoir-in-Pieces: Announcing Countdown for Cancer Book
My second book, our experience of my husband’s terminal small cell lung cancer, is on its final trajectory toward completion. …
Grief at Twenty-four Months: A Rummage Sale Made Me Do It
On this second anniversary of my husband’s death, I’ve made an unplanned purge of his belongings. Our church’s rummage sale, …
Stay at Home Risk – Leaping Out of Your Comfort Zone
“I’m so glad I’ve been a widow this long,” I tell folks when we talk about what it’s like to …
Grief at Nineteen Months: Blindside Wipeout and Surprise Mochas
Surprises happen most days in my newish-widow life. Fun things like trying to shovel thick sheets of ice off the …
