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 Miscellaneous on May 8th, 2009
One of my closest friends was in a horrible accident with all four of her kids nearly two years ago. Her youngest, just a couple weeks shy of his 6th birthday, didn’t make it. Thankfully, the rest of them did. Considering they were in a mini-van that was hit by a semi going around 65-70 [...]
