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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 No Comments
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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 No Comments
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 No Comments
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 No Comments
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 No Comments
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 5 Comments
#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 3 Comments
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 4 Comments
forgiveness

A Note To My Emily

Oh, my Emily. I miss you beyond words. The grief that we feel is unimaginable. I just want to grab you and hold you and

March 21, 2024 11 Comments
#healing

A Day Without Tears

  Yesterday was the first day since Emily’s death that neither Don nor I cried, even though she was abundant in our conversation. We spent

March 19, 2024 6 Comments
#thinkbetterthoughts

Serendipity

  We are in New Orleans in the last of our southern states tour, soaking in the hospitality, gobbling up the gumbos and beignets, and

March 16, 2024 5 Comments
#digitalnomad

Road Tripping

  We are in Memphis, Tennessee. Don is browsing in Goner Records and I’m enjoying a coffee next door. On yesterday’s LP perusal, I found

March 6, 2024 7 Comments
emotionalsupport

The Privilege of Pain

My friend Kristi spoke these words – the privilege of pain – when we met in December and she ministered to me by bringing a

February 24, 2024 3 Comments