Tag Archives: comfort
Happy Birthday Mom
Today would have been my Mom’s birthday. She would have been ninety two years old—which, no matter how you figure it, is old. I often wonder what she would have been like as a really old lady. I’m pretty sure … Continue reading
It’s Okay to Cry
Tears. Crying. Sobbing. Some people can’t stand the sight of tears. They feel uncomfortable when someone in their midst starts to cry. They’ll hand you tissues and tell you that you don’t need to cry. Even demand that … Continue reading
Smile, Smile, Smile
I’ve decided that I need to try to focus on the blessings in my life as a counter balance to the losses and problems that I’ve encountered over the last few years. What woke me up was the reaction of … Continue reading
Daddy’s Girl
Sparkle, my little Yorkie-Poodle mix dog, loved her Daddy. Even though he’s been gone for almost a year and a half, I think she still misses him—especially when we run into one of his buddies on our walks. She gets … Continue reading
I’m Back!
As regular readers of this blog know, it’s been several weeks since I’ve posted anything new. I haven’t given up on the blog—it’s just that typing with the “hunt and peck method” using one hand is tiring. Why am I … Continue reading
She Who Must be Obeyed
I’m being subjugated , put down and ordered about—by my 15 pound Yorkie-poodle mix dog, Sparkle. Perhaps it’s the name. If I had called her Wendy or Cutie or Moxie or, well just about any other name, perhaps she … Continue reading
The Ice Queen
Pain surrounded her every day. She saw it in their faces, heard it in their voices. Sometimes when she administered medications or wheeled them into a treatment room, she wished she could go somewhere else—anywhere but this place. Many … Continue reading
On Being a Widow
I am a widow now that my husband passed away. I don’t like the word widow. It conjures up images of old ladies in rolled black stockings shrouded in “widow’s weeds”—black clothes hanging off their backs. Women who no longer … Continue reading
Forties Music
I was brought up on rock and roll—Bill Haley and the Comets, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and later, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. It was the music I choose as the background throughout my life from my … Continue reading
The Kindness of Strangers
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Tennessee Williams, American playwright Kindness. Being kind. Qualities that I value in other people. Maybe I’m unusually lucky, but I have many kind and understanding people in my life: husband, … Continue reading