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Grieving What I Never Had
I have written before about how going home can hurt but that it can also heal. Trips home remind me of how very different my life is now. I rarely go to the place where I grew up other than to be with friends for the funerals of their family members. In a few days,
December 19, 2021
Today, My mind, body and heart feel very deeply a loss from eight and a half years ago. You might say that’s a long time to hold on to grief. But I am not clinging to grief, I have worked through it. I am holding onto memories. Memories of two kids who, 31 years ago,
Unconstrained By Grief
February had some brutally cold days and I was not able to clean up the graveside for Les’ birthday until March. It’s been over 7 years. I still kiss the headstone each time I go, I still miss him and I still cry. But life continues moving. A few months after he died, I met