BEING SICK

I hate it. I am simply no good at it. The doctor said get in bed, don’t talk for two days, and rest. Did I mention I hate it? My mind keeps thinking of things to do. So I decided to channel what all this “sickness” was about. First of all, I...

FRIENDSHIP

Strains of The Beatles “We Get By With a Little Help From Our Friends” has been playing in the background of my mind for days. I often reflect on the importance of friendship and how it has been a support throughout my life: friends that rescued me from...

STRONG CONNECTIONS

The other night Gabrielle and I were watching our favorite dance show together. Hands down, we always picked the same team for the same reasons. Then we entered a discussion about something important to both of us, and expressed the same words in the same intonation...

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

So I have kept my husband’s ashes in the hallway closet in their original bag for…22 years.   I spread some in Hawaii, planted a tree in the backyard with a portion of the ash, and then kept the rest because my daughter ” wanted to keep them to...