A good friend shared this with me via Facebook and I want to publicize the fuck out of it! Yes, this is it. Thank you, sir, for sharing your wisdom and may you have peace and comfort between the waves. This post originally appeared on littlethings.com. A grieving Reddit user needed some advice. She said:Continue reading “Advice On Grieving…”
Category Archives: Grief & Loss
What She Left Behind
(Not a complete list) In her bag we found: An empty planner. A half a pack of Camel cigarettes. A notebook full of song lyrics she’d written herself. A bus pass. A Starbucks gift card with a balance of $1.03. A pair of headphones. Two pairs of ear buds. Gucci sunglasses. Several notices to appearContinue reading “What She Left Behind”
WTF?
Lately, I feel like I could start every post with that title. Hell, every conversation even. But today included a serious WTF moment. It’s not often you can pinpoint the exact moment when the shit hits the fan… but for me today, it was 1:58 pm. I was on hwy 77 South, just starting to crossContinue reading “WTF?”
Christmas In Hell
Today was the end of another chapter. We finished cleaning out the townhouse we’d spent the past five years in. Checked the mailbox one last time. Turned in the keys and left the garage door opener behind. It wasn’t too emotional but it wasn’t completely emotionless, either. I think I wrote not too long agoContinue reading “Christmas In Hell”
Unapologetic
Sometimes, when you have a deadline, anything goes. This is one of those times. I don’t usually plan what I will blog about, like Ernest Hemingway once said “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” It usually just comes. Not tonight. Tonight I am overwhelmed. OverContinue reading “Unapologetic”
Ironic, Isn’t It?
In the end, I didn’t spend a lot of time with Natalie because I was afraid I’d end up going down the rabbit hole, too. How is it that now that she’s gone, I’m ready to jump in with both feet? “How often are you feeling this way?” Jill asked. I blew out the airContinue reading “Ironic, Isn’t It?”
Happy Mother Fucker’s Day
What an emotional, cataclysmic, clusterfuck today was. It started when I woke up and went downhill from there. I hadn’t gotten Don a father’s day card and the only place open at 4:30 am was Walmart. My grudge against them isn’t nearly as strong as it used to be, it’s just that every employee there,Continue reading “Happy Mother Fucker’s Day”
Feelings
That dirty little “F” word. I hate it. I hate feeling right now… and not feeling later. How is it possible to be SO FULL of empty? I don’t understand. Maybe I’m not supposed to. A lot of my rage has died down with the results of the toxicology report. I don’t know WHY it mattersContinue reading “Feelings”
Answers
It’s close enough to Wednesday that I can try to pass this off as Wednesday’s post… just in case we’re not moved and have the computer set up by the end of the day tomorrow. I received an instant message on Facebook from someone who was close to Natalie at one point, years ago. SheContinue reading “Answers”
Childhood
Today’s word prompt is childhood. A list poem: Hot days, warm nights. Popsicle puddles pooling around our fisted fingers. Our version of kick the can was rolling each other (and the neighborhood kids) in that huge cardboard garbage bin… was it a garbage bin or did it just stink like garbage? Sharing a bed atContinue reading “Childhood”
Striving For Sanity 