Posted in Miscellaneous on Mar 6th, 2010
…but life has just basically gotten in the way. It has a tendency to do that on occasion, leaving a person feeling stripped, empty and devoid of energy or gumption of any sort.
I took the kids to say goodbye to their grandma tonight. She is basically asleep most of the time and can’t talk or [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 11th, 2010
Carmen, the kids’ grandma, is still with us. Being able to spend these extra days with her has been priceless; however, in some ways, it’s almost as if she is already gone because it seems like I’m often comforting one of my children as they cry for the loss of their grandma. Their grief manifests [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reflections on Jan 28th, 2010
OK, so you probably haven’t even noticed that I’ve been gone for the past week, but just in case you have, I promise, my excuse is good. My former mother-in-law, my kids’ grandma and a woman who is in many ways like a mother to me, is at the end of her 10-year-long battle with [...]
Posted in Reflections on Dec 7th, 2009
I have been reminded again of what’s really important in life.
One of my dear college friends informed me tonight that his 5-year-old son, just a month younger than Logan, has a brain tumor. He and his wife just found out yesterday, after a couple weeks of the little guy complaining of headaches and not walking [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 14th, 2009
This is fun, easy, and for a very, very good cause that is personal to me. My mother-in-law has been battling ovarian cancer (and subsequently other cancers too) for the past nine years.
All you have to do is go to www.kelly-confidential.com, register for the site, and decorate your own cupcake, which you can then send [...]
