Category: Grief
Published on April 07, 2025
There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons is the story of a woman who fell off the edge of the world… and how she found her way home. The title of the book is based on the old belief that the […]
Published on April 17, 2024
Without Him
It is strange the things that trigger the grieving. The other day it was a visit to the accountant to prepare my taxes. Every year for over 26 years we had our ritual at tax […]
Published on June 28, 2023
Beyond Unraveling
It is beyond unraveling. It is a twirly top after the string has been pulled. The tower card in Tarot where it all comes tumbling down. It is a profound grief and regret at choices […]
Published on October 16, 2022
You Are the Obstacle Course I Avoid
You are the obstacle course I avoid,The detour I make,The abyss I elude. Because it hurts so much to think of you, and to not think of you. I haven’t figured that out yet. You are in […]
Published on March 18, 2021
Ode to Bobcat
On Sunday morning I let my cat out the front door. Later that afternoon, I heard him yowling in the backyard to come in. I opened the door and was surprised to see he was limping, unable […]
Published on March 12, 2021
It Aint No Fairytale
Once upon a time, there was a girl who met a boy. They got married and had a child and lived happily, give or take, for a long time. Then one day, in the middle of May, […]
Published on September 17, 2020
Underneath the Noise of Her Leaving
What is this feeling? It is joy, it is pleasure, it is fun. It is lightness. Free from worry and resentment and sorrow and anger. It is a sparkle of sunlight in a thick fog. […]
Published on August 24, 2020
Another Bridge
Don’t look too far ahead. At the tsunami headed our way. Don’t look up from the path in front, the next footstep in front. Watch out for rabbit holes and landmines, They are everywhere as […]
Published on June 10, 2020
This, Too, is True.
What is True? I am struggling with this one. Some truths are easier to accept than others. Some are a surprise. Some come upon me, like eyes awakening. A big OH! Like turning a corner and there […]
Published on June 04, 2020
We Keep Her Here
I am witnessing what is happening in my mother’s body. Feet swollen, that step so carefully, on broken glass. As gravity pulls at her back, her head. Come to me, fall into me, it welcomes. Sleep pulls her […]
