It’s two years today since my father died. The sting of his absence more intensely felt as another Christmas comes without him. He pretended to be a humbug as he’d call himself, only putting one ornament onto the tree, claiming “Bah Humbug” at every chance he got, but he loved […]
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As we continue through this holiday season many of us are feeling the ache of missing someone no longer with us. Some are without beloved pets, some without family or friends, some without good health and some are losing jobs. There are as I have and will write so many […]
December already. The cold breeze that touches my cheeks as I walk Seamus, Fergus gone now, is like a knife to my very core. An opening of the memories stored there from this very time one year ago, two, even three years ago now. On Christmas Eve 2018 my father […]
They say the universe sends us signs as a way to keep us on our soul’s path in this life. If we miss or worse ignore these signs, then the universe will gently nudge you back on the path and if that isn’t enough a full-on shove will hopefully do […]
It’s been a few weeks since I ended my series on grieving. One good thing about writing that series is that it not only helped me in my grieving but too it demanded I show up for my writing. The last few years took my time, energy, and interest elsewhere, […]
As I come to this last in my series on grieving I feel a twinge of sadness. A loss in its own right I suppose. I have come to you over the last eight weeks with some of my thoughts on grief, love, healing. I have shared some of my […]
I am struggling to settle into writing today. Not because it’s a gorgeous, warm day and I want to be out playing, but because I can’t seem to get out of my own way. Maybe taking last week off from this series made it harder to get back to. Whatever […]
I’m just in from working on putting new fencing around the garden with my sister. The cardinal was there again singing away in the tree just as he has been every day I am working on the garden. My father letting us know he is with us my sister says. […]
Today as the rain falls against my windows and the world seems quiet and at rest I find myself considering choices. Choices already made and those yet to come. They say you shouldn’t make major life decisions in the first year of your grieving process. I’m not entirely sure who […]