Tag Archives: family

Possibilities

Posted on October 20, 2023 by msw blog

The difference between the impossible and the possible is determination. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, … Continue reading →

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Salvation

Posted on October 18, 2023 by msw blog

Well, I think because with words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So, I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation – … Continue reading →

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End-of-Life Care

Posted on September 30, 2023 by msw blog

My 87-year-old mother and 93-year-old father are sharing a hospital room, as he nears the end of his life. My oldest sister (the only child living nearby) deals with everything. During our most recent text exchange, my sister first told … Continue reading →

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Walk of Love

Posted on September 28, 2023 by msw blog

I traveled from New York to Leiden to visit my mother who was ailing with advanced lung disease. On my first morning, groggy with jet lag, I found her at my bedside, holding my favorite biscuits. “How did you get … Continue reading →

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Poetry

Posted on September 17, 2023 by msw blog

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of … Continue reading →

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