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Lent 2023, Day 11: Ascent. Requiescat in Pace.
“It was surreal, writing an obituary, for my mom, who died of cancer, in a room full of patients, fighting cancer.”
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The Decade of Wistful Thinking.
“K, upon hearing that she had visited with us all in those final weeks, supposed her spirit was leading her to say goodbye, to give some closure. I held in my heart that suggestion, even as I knew I’d only get closure at my own death. My very act of living is a testimony of her death.”
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Some Sunday Stuff: January 26th.
So, um, as I’m typing this, I’m fighting back tears about the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash this morning. I’m heartbroken for his wife and…
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Living the parting hour.
On the Death of Anne Brontë By Charlotte Bronte There’s little joy in life for me, And little terror in the grave;I ‘ve lived the parting hour to see Of one I would have…
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Even in my sleep.
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forgetfalls drop by drop upon the heart,until, in our own despair,against our will,comes wisdomthrough the awful grace of God.” -Aeschylus I’ll love…
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Forever 28. Three years old.
Friday marked the third anniversary of my sister Joscelyne’s death. Around 8AM, I pulled the black and white photo of her, ensconced in a shiny, mirrored frame, off the…
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The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.
Z and one of the butterflies. Before seven this morning, I sat down on my couch, flipped open my laptop and read. I heard the tiny fluttering wings of…
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Lent- Day 31: Let it be to me.
“Paolo de Matteis – The Annunciation” by Paolo de Matteis (Wiki Commons) Today is the Feast of the Annunciation. For those unfamiliar, from Wikipedia: The Feast of…
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Lent- Days 27 & 28: We’ll always love Big Poppa.
My daddy passed away today a few minutes after one P.M. Defying expectations, he survived over two days off the respirator, which makes perfect sense knowing how big his heart…
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Lent- Day 26: Waiting.
We sat today, waiting. Waiting for my dad to die. He was moved to hospice this week, and a little after 11 this morning, they shut off the respirator. My…
