What does pain feel like?
Today, knowing that Maxie is dead, and that he died on June 10 and we didn't even know. Grey posted the link to this obituary here and I have started a candles group here... More »
Today, knowing that Maxie is dead, and that he died on June 10 and we didn't even know. Grey posted the link to this obituary here and I have started a candles group here... More »
Last night, I had reached a new low, even for this week, which has had unexpected challenges. I was lying on the couch, miserable. The phone rang, and the number was unfamiliar, so I answered... More »
shhh... this is not the end only another beginning beginning again to see and hear and understand beginning again to dare to stay open when everything screams shut protect hide beginning again to have compassion... More »
after a week of playing phone tag with her, because she has no call waiting service and if she is already on the phone it just goes straight to message, we finally spoke last night.... More »
sometimes you need your big sister's shoulder. i awoke in the night after a day of not being able to go to work, because i had finally run down. too many painful e-mails, conversations, difficulties.... More »
last night, i surprised myself by phoning. it wasn't the first time i had tried, but not having received any encouragement in this regard, and having only got an answering machine before, i had thought... More »
last night while at work i got an unexpected phone call from my sister. she doesn't live far away, we are in the same city, but we don't usually talk. she seemed hesitant and then... More »
... failing. i haven't heard from s. in a couple of weeks now, besides a very brief e-mail. though i know that he's been very busy, he knows by the brief but intentional emails i've... More »
went to see this movie in spite of my fears :) my friends invited me because their kids wanted to go, and they knew my nine-year-old would be keen, so, that's what we did. my... More »
how do i explain this helplessness i feel before you the acquiescence to fall endlessly in love through silent space as you recede behind your screen what is it about you that pierces me so... More »