Cancelling
Since we ended up staying local for the holidays, I made my best effort to plan little activities each day that would keep the three of us engaged and give us a sense of some fun. In all honesty, some of it worked, but much of it I had...
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The Sweet Taste of Memories
I remember being at Grandad’s funeral and my mom telling a story of the sounds of Grandad. Grandad was a man of measured words. He often was quiet, but when he spoke everyone listened because it was bound to be a well-thought out response that would leave the rest...
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What I Didn’t See Coming – Christmas 2017
One of the first lessons you learn when grieving a loss, is to steel yourself for certain significant moments. You plan for the “big days” – like birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries of the death, etc. You learn quickly that the days leading up to the event are often harder than...
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Christmas Ornaments & The Stories They Tell
There’s an ornament on our tree that hangs front and center now. It’s a beautiful glass ornament with Rylie’s face shining through. Surrounding her, the lights of the tree twinkle through the glass and glimmer off the gold sequins that rest inside it. It’s the perfect ornament in so...
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When Words Evade Me – Or Not
There was a time not so long ago that the words just seemed to pour themselves out on the page. They’d capture exactly how I was feeling with just a tweak or two. Lately, they evade me. I want to write – to capture this sense of disorientation –...
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I Can’t Tell Myself…
Warning: This post is a little more of a downer, but I am trying to honor this process. Sometimes the best way to do that is through raw, honest emotion. As much as it is good for me to find rainbows at the end of a storm, sometimes there...
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