There’s a podcast I found a few months ago with this very name. It’s about those days or times when you feel terrible after loss, grief etc etc and someone asks you how are you? And really you feel terrible but say fine anyway. This is where I am. Where I have been for the…
Tag: Family
Your empty sofa
Dear mom, you are so missed. Your absence is felt so acutely. The house feels so empty without you here sitting on your sofa. Tonight, the cat has commandeered your empty sofa. Curled up just where you used to rest your head. If I close my eyes real tight and pray harder than I’ve ever…
Ignorance is bliss
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….
Missing mom
How can the world go on without mom?
Everything considered.
Last night, I returned from my trip home in Nairobi. With 8 nephews and nieces all under 17; a parent that requires care giving; and a garden, chickens and livestock that need caring, my time at home went lightning fast. It was hectic, it was rowdy, it was demanding. My days were often quite overwhelming….
Daily Prompt: Belief
I have a younger brother who was an alcoholic for most of his adult life. Several years ago, he stopped drinking cold turkey..something I would NEVER advise anyone to do. It was rough on him and our family. The symptoms of acute alcohol withdrawal are not to be taken lightly. It took about a couple…
Authensible Musings: Piercing the mundane of everyday life 