Grief | Come Along
Come along grief, I’m still learning from you.
Tag: death
Crawfish, Me & The Welded Time Machine
Meet one of my favorite things in the world. This is a cooker, welded by my dad in the late 80s, early 90s. He started cooking crawfish for my birthday when I was 15. I didn’t like crawfish at the time, but he would simply say ‘sometimes it’s about feedin’ people little’n’. To a spoiled […]
Grief | The Birthday Crasher
For the last 2 years, I’ve gotten a little sad around my birthday. Last year I was sad thinking about me, as a baby, in a hospital for 5 days before anyone ever picked me up. I found comfort in knowing I was loved and I belonged to someone during that time, but it made […]
Grief | The Back Burner
Finals and life happened. So as we all do, grief was placed on the back burner. Milestones have been flying by accompanied by two kids who miss their Nana dearly. Now that the pace is somewhat manageable. Here’s a couple of surprises that grief taught me about me. 1. There is healing in hearing your […]
Grief | The Neighbor
Today is another moment marker. One year ago today, Addie was baptized. It’s during joy-filled days that I am reminded that grief will always be our neighbor. It comes and goes, sometimes close by and sometimes so silent I forget it’s there. Aside from the obvious excited this anniversary brings, there is also a thread […]
Grief | The Sidekick
5 States, 8 Cities, 3 Flights When the pace is high, it’s important to soak in every moment, because there are some seasons you won’t get a redo. From the streets of my childhood, family kitchens of New Jersey, firsts in New York, officially launching a new path in Oklahoma, Karaoke in Louisiana, and eventually […]
Grief | The Drive Home
The work of cleaning and clearing an apartment full of my mom’s lifelong treasures was done in a matter of days. I paused when I needed to and allow grief to do its thing every time I encountered it. I had a lot of heavy emotions but I had peace. When I climbed in to […]
Grief | The Curtain Caller
Good-bye mail box. Good-bye loft. Good-bye island. Good-bye Timpson. Good-bye home. Good-bye memories, everywhere. I had sat many evenings around the island to my left. Sometimes with friends into the wee hours of the night, other times with my mom and dad. Behind me was where we took our last family photo we took in […]
Grief | The House Cleaner
When someone dies unexpectedly, you become ridiculously aware that at the end of your life… all we are is a collection of things, memories… and if we’re lucky… we are a legacy worth remembering. Mom was all of these, but most of all… she left behind ALOT of things. There is real grief to be […]
Grief | The Comforter
The wait was over, the work in front of us. After the great day with Kayce, I was driving in my mom’s car to where she worked. I loved being with dear friends. I also loved being alone. My mom bought ‘Red Gypsy’ within the year. She loved this car. As I climbed into it… […]
It All Counts 