“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service … Continue reading 1936-2018
In Memoriam
I Remember
I Remember This day is emblazoned within my mind. I would learn so much within a forty-eight hour span of time, and I would be permanently changed. But no one tells you that when you’re a child. No. They try to keep you “innocent”. Except in my family. My mother decided I was not going … Continue reading I Remember
A Particular Missing Part
“When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her … Continue reading A Particular Missing Part
Gone Baby Gone
“I have lived with you and loved you, and now you are gone. Gone where I cannot follow, until I have finished all of my days.” ―Victoria Hanley In memory of my sweet angel: 1995-2013
May You Never Be Broken Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCR3eWYt7tw In memoria di mio padre. This is the first year I've been able to hear this without crying.
Is Time Really The Great Healer?
Each year on her birthday and the anniversary of her death, I try to memorialize my mother in some way. Writing is the best way I know how, outside of talking about her with those that loved her. One day my children will be able to look back on what is written about their Grandmother, they … Continue reading Is Time Really The Great Healer?
