House of HaldePets Posted By Lorena Me telling people things is sometimes a curious mix of "yeah, I saw that on Facebook" and "I'm not on Facebook" and "wait, you still...
Beginnings Posted By Lorena Recall a time in your life when you made a fresh start. How did your life change? Well, there was the time that I moved...
More catching up Posted By Lorena About exactly one year ago, minus about four hours as I'm writing this, I got that phone call. Everything I think I want to say...
The things I want to talk about are flying around my head like fireflies, busy and uncatchable Posted By Lorena This is one of those “I don’t even know where to start” posts. One year ago tomorrow is the day they called me back after...
Tim Interrupted March 6, 2022 Posted By Lorena We're getting near the end, here, and I don't really know what to say now any more than I did then. I think by this... Read More
Randomosity Chex Mix; feeds armies Posted By Lorena Huh. I could have sworn I'd posted my Chex Mix recipe before... it must have been deleted in the Accidental Blog Purge of 2019, when... Read More
Souvenirs Haldeman/Conyers burial/memorial celebration Posted By Lorena When it came time, I knew I wanted to bury Tim's ashes at Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery. I didn't know when - there were a... Read More
Tim Interrupted March 5, 2022 Posted By Lorena One thing I don't think I've talked about is that about once a week, maybe once every ten days or so, some well-meaning person would... Read More
Tim Interrupted March 4, 2022 Posted By Lorena There was one week left. I don't know how I would have felt, if I'd known. Thankful that he wouldn't be suffering? Empty? Devastated? Angry?... Read More
Navel Gazing How’s that holiday widow brain holding up? Posted By Lorena Surprisingly well, all things considered. I've flipped out a couple of times, but nothing so far out I can't get back, and I've spaced out... Read More
Tim Interrupted March 3, 2022 Posted By Lorena Here are some words Photographs and memories Christmas cards you sent to me All that I have are these To remember you Memories that come... Read More
Tim Interrupted March 2, 2022 Posted By Lorena Not a good day. I barely remember it, anything that happened that day, other than cleaning the mailbox when I got home. I don't have... Read More
Tim Interrupted March 1, 2022 Posted By Lorena The biggest thing about this day was putting in a new Central Line, so they could do dialysis. Now. Let's talk about dialysis. Even though... Read More
Tim Interrupted February 28, 2022 Posted By Lorena This was... not a great day. At this point I had sort of stopped asking the universe "what else" or "is that all you got"... Read More
Tim Interrupted February 27, 2022 Posted By Lorena I was so tired, but if I had known this part of the adventure would all be over in two weeks... would that have changed... Read More
Tim Interrupted February 26, 2022 Posted By Lorena They never did send me a satisfaction survey, like I said below that I hoped they would. They didn't send me a bill, either, at... Read More