boundaries
Boundaries
Today I miss Emily so much I can hardly breathe. My loneliness has been cumulatively adding up over the past many days, and I’ve
July 10, 2024
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New Start Every Day
could be worse
A Turn Around
“One of the lovely ways to pray is to take your body out into the landscape and to be still in it.” – John O’Donohue
July 1, 2024
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#routine
Settling Into a Routine
I find myself wondering where I am on this journey of grief and healing. Knowing that it will never end, but that it does
June 28, 2024
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#healing
Ice Age Living
My blogging about the grief and healing from Emily’s death has been surprisingly upbeat. Sometimes I berate myself for that. Should there be more
June 25, 2024
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home
My Truth
Deliberate Creation is about deliberately choosing those experiences you make your truths. Abraham Hicks I love this quote. I have been challenged to think
June 9, 2024
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#lovingwhatis
Learning to Walk Again
From day one, Emily has been ‘talking to me,’ through me, and one of the things that she has consistently said is, “Mama, you
June 4, 2024
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#appreciation
Sisters
Emily was surely at work in the unfolding of this masterful and miraculous tale that I shall be telling from the Mama Perspective. I will
June 3, 2024
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#lovingwhatis
59 Today
Today is my 59th birthday and though I have a gazillion things I want to do in order to prepare for my little backyard soiree
May 31, 2024
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#lovingwhatis
Island Life
I am content as I sit on my friend Ann’s flowered couch here in Victoria, her cat smelling my socks, having just consumed a
May 27, 2024
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mothers
The Day After Mother’s Day
I’ve woken up groggy because I’ve had a late night of eating all the ice cream and tortilla chips and salad poppers in the house
May 16, 2024
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newnormal
How Did I Get Here?
I used to listen to the Talking Heads a lot in a former life- that song, “How Did I Get Here?” keeps popping
May 14, 2024
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contentment
An Intermingling of Emotions
One of the things about living here in the Comox Valley is the relaxed pace, especially where we live. There are few cars and the
May 6, 2024
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peace
Nesting
Charlotte is here with us this week at our new-to-us house on Vancouver Island, so close to the ocean, you can sometimes smell it and
April 13, 2024
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#appreciation
A Ferry Ride
I am on a BC ferry on my way from Vancouver Island back to the mainland. Tomorrow I will be picking up my Donnie, my
April 10, 2024
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affirmations
Every Moment I Love You
Every Moment I Love You A friend shared with me recently why she named her daughter Emily. How delightful! We christened our Emily by this name
March 27, 2024
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