(Deep breath, now. For
this
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ultra
super
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Brevity: Not. My. Forte.)
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As the mercury makes its slow descend, we here in the valley of the sun are all squirming with excitement. Stretching, we wiggle our fingers and toes, ready to spread out in the warm sun and cool breeze. Park days are back in business again and every weekend is [...]
Archive for the ‘Grieving/healing/finding Hope’ Category
circle of life (& Lyra’s birth story)
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, Life after, Lyra on October 9, 2009 | 16 Comments »
necklace
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, anniversary on August 21, 2009 | 19 Comments »
(wanted to title this “Labor of Love” but found it a little too… cheesy)
This is the necklace R made for me, on the day before Ferdinand’s anniversary.
He was not impressed with the technical quality and workmanship of the previous necklace but refrained from his criticism. Instead, he told me how it was made and that [...]
coming to terms
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, Life after on July 19, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I am 65-dollars richer now.
Because I sold the five prenatal workout dvd’s I had. All of them sold within three days of listing. OK, they were priced to sell but I would not call it a loss either… because I won’t be using them and I am not going to upcycle those discs into coasters [...]
life in July
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, Life after, anniversary on July 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »
It is so searing hot I nearly burned my hands opening the car door. But, you know, grief does not melt under heat.
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Sliced off a small piece of flesh from my thumb while cutting up mushrooms to throw into the stew. Knife was freshly sharpened by my in-home dedicated knife-sharperner husband so the cut was [...]
(sigh*)
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, anniversary on July 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
One of the wings broke off, the first time I wore it. Why did I even put wings on it?
Goodness, I don’t know. I just know that I saw this and was immediately drawn to it, goose pimples running all over me, the hair standing on the back of my neck. In some ways, it [...]
overcast
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, anniversary, just gibberish on July 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We’ve had a couple of overcast days, but still. no. rain. What a tease. Those clouds so pregnant with moisture, I know, but still, no rain.
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We got back from the cabin earlier than planned. It was bit much for me, even though it was beautiful. Cool breeze, verdant views, running river. But I had a [...]
