It’s a weird week
It’s a weird week….Chris is at camp (which means a full five days of social awkwardness for the kid everyone loves but feels like he’s awkward)! Friday marks the anniversary of Josh’s death and I wanted to tell...
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A month of anxiety day 28 – its been eleven months since Josh died.
Josh died 11 months ago today. I try not to make the 18th a day we commemorate – I’d much prefer to celebrate his life but the 18th always sucks. Here are some of the cool things people have done in his...
Read MoreA month of anxiety day 13 – success! I went out alone (well, almost alone)
I took Olivia with...
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It’s no way to live
Chris didn’t drop like a stone. He toppled, rigidly, like a falling tree.
Read MoreIt was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
This weekend was Joshua’s birthday and I thought it would be terrible, but it wasn’t. It was nice. Here’s the update:
Read MoreBlog to Vlog, Yankee Candles and why I’ve gone off Gretchen Rubin
Today it’s all about trying out the theory that smell can improve our moods.
Read MoreSwimming away from grief
I tried to swim back to happiness (and away from grief)…
Read MoreThe Bloody Aftermath
Last week the kids of Crawford College North Coast took us over the finish line in terms of collecting 364 units of blood for The Bloody Birthday Challenge. For me personally, though I wasn’t only looking for blood, I also...
Read MoreWill they be forgotten
Chris shared some of his writing with me this morning:
Read MoreHardship hasn’t make me a better person.
Our shelves are bursting with “I am a victim off…” stories. These stories are important. They let the author tell their own story and they let us, vicariously, live it too. We seem, though, to have blurred the lines between what is entertaining/educational and what is instruction.
Read MoreDriving in rain
I’m driving, always driving. It’s raining. It’s always raining. Sometimes: The rain is torrential....
Read MoreWhy I’m not in therapy
Over they years I’ve recommended therapy to any number of clients. But now, when I face days when getting out of bed can feel like an achievement, I’m not going.
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