How many times have I said to a grieving family “thoughts and prayers..”, “RIP”, “My sincere condolences” And I meant it. I empathized. But I realize now that I truly knew nothing of grief. There’s no grief like when death touches your family. Death has passed our way before..twenty years ago when our brother died….
Category: Grief
Missing mom
How can the world go on without mom?
Learning to relax the body
As I continue in my quest to improve my sleep, I’ve been paying more attention to how I feel, to how my body feels. I started noticing just how tense I am, how tense I spend my days and how very tense I am at bed time. It’s no wonder I have such diffficulty sleeping…
Essie
Today I watched the full moon. The “full worm moon” they call it. I watched from the stoop Where you used to sit to watch some supermoon or other. I sat still, closed my eyes and listened for you Wishing you’d materialize and be here Once again. Right next door.
Essie and fall
My mind has been a lot on my late neighbor..maybe it’s the weather. My first memories of Essie when we moved to this neighborhood twelve years ago are of her in the fall spending hours raking her yard. In those days before she lost her sight and diabetes took a toll on her health, Essie…
A crumb of hope
It’s funny how we forget one basic rule of life: The only constant is change. That whatever we are going through: sadness, loss, happiness, joy, whatever, it is bound to change. That is a fact of life. This is especially hard to remember during sad or low times, times of misfortune and so on. Lately,…
Ugh..
I can’t seem to get myself together today. Feeling all kinds of out of sorts. There must be more than one kind of out of sorts. Coz I’m pretty certain, I feel several. Sigh.. Maybe it’s the weather. All gray and dreary Maybe it’s the loneliness that seems to be knocking on my door a…
Missing you
To my dear friend, my dear neighbor, Essie. I miss you so much.
Daily Prompt: Continue
Continue. Despite delays, setbacks, miscalculations, missteps, mistakes, stops, false starts..continue. Continue Through heartache, grief, sadness, tears, loss, disappointment..continue Continue Through joy, love, laughter, smiles, happiness, hope, sunshine..continue Always continue. Continue through it all. Then continue. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/continue/
Authensible Musings: Piercing the mundane of everyday life 