Tag Archives: grief and loss
Delayed Deliverance
Ticket stubs, foreign coins. Life’s ephemera tossed into a box. After my husband, Kevin, died of cancer at 49, I packed it away on a shelf, unopened. Now, a decade later, it was time to look. I didn’t expect to … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged admisson, cancer, communication, death, ephemera, grief and loss, journaling, marriage, memories, privacy, realationships, reminder, Reminders, thank you, writer
2 Comments
Generational Dimples
The middle of the night is when I miss my mama the most. She slipped away from illness when I was only 7. I think about her as I rock my newborn son to sleep. Bleary-eyed and yearning for her … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged advice, Ashley Arrington Blas, children, Connections, dimples, emotions, family, Future, generations, grief and loss, love, memories, parents, past
5 Comments
One Last Lovely Dinner
My father lay dying of the coronavirus. A normally ebullient 96-year-old, he drifted in and out of consciousness as I, also infected, sat at his bedside. His lucid moments were precious opportunities for connection and FaceTime calls with his grandchildren. … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Beginning today, children, communication, coronavirus, death, Dinner date, family, fashionable, Grief, grief and loss, guardian, hard conversations, katharine cunningham, love, memories, parenting
5 Comments
Real Life of an MSW 