I have been asked so many times in the two years since I became a widow if I want to marry again. I can’t decide if the question is purely curiosity or if people are asking because they can not face the reality of their spouse dying; perhaps afraid to catch “the death,” which as […]
I was married the evening of Saturday, July 25, 1992, I was banned by my husband from doing the laundry August 8 of that same year. Banned is a strong word, really I was encouraged to find another household chore to complete. I wasn’t really banned officially until June of 2000. Our first child had […]
I was married the evening of Saturday, July 25, 1992, I was banned by my husband from doing the laundry August 8 of that same year. Banned is a strong word, really I was encouraged to find another household chore to complete. I wasn’t really banned officially until June of 2000. Our first child had […]
We always loved to treat our kids with ice cream cake for their birthdays. Maybe because in both of our families Baskin Robbins’ ice cream cake meant something celebratory was happening. Something much bigger than a birthday. It meant the Pope was coming over for dinner, even though neither my husband’s family nor mine were […]
I see him from across the room, he is wearing a three piece suit. A three piece suit? The material is gray and dull and I an unable to determine from what the suit is made. But whatever it’s made of, the suit is intimidating. He laughs a booming laugh that scares me and thrills […]
I see him from across the room, he is wearing a three piece suit. A three piece suit? The material is gray and dull and I an unable to determine from what the suit is made. But whatever it’s made of, the suit is intimidating. He laughs a booming laugh that scares me and thrills […]
I have meet the man I am going to marry. O.K. well I haven’t actually met him yet but I am going to marry him nonetheless. We have been talking on the phone for two months and I haven’t meet him yet? He calls me every few days and we text all the time or […]
I have meet the man I am going to marry. O.K. well I haven’t actually met him yet but I am going to marry him nonetheless. We have been talking on the phone for two months and I haven’t meet him yet? He calls me every few days and we text all the time or […]
Isn’t it great to have the bed and/or bathroom all to yourself? Yes, sure. It’s certainly is not a glaring reminder that your significant other is dead. People have actually said this to me. Yes, I hated it when Peter would take up the whole bed. Yes, I hated it when Peter would forget to […]
I am on a plane back to Portland after spending the weekend away. The plane, my head and the people around me are spinning. I am more hungover than I have ever been in my life. Hangover implies drinking and I did a lot of that. Plane implies travel and yep, that happened as well. […]
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