Grief isn’t sadness, it’s exhaustion Posted By Lorena Google has P A G E S of hits when you search for grief and exhaustion. I know this because every couple of months I...
What did I do THIS time?! Posted By Lorena I'm posting about this because I'm pretty wise to phishing scams, and y'all, this one took me a minute. Last night at dinner with some...
Rituals Posted By Lorena What ordinary rituals did your family have? Perhaps you always got ice cream after baseball games, or went fishing on Sundays. Do you feel like...
Hey, baby, what’s your style? Posted By Lorena One thing you've all been watching me do for the last year is make my house my own - mine, instead of ours. I didn't...
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
Souvenirs The one about a triple-header funeral Posted By Lorena How do you inter your loved ones when you don't have a family cemetery, strong ties to a particular religion, you don't have children who... Read More
Souvenirs Why am I writing all this stuff about Tim, anyway? Posted By Lorena If y'all haven't already been asking yourselves why it is exactly that I'm rehashing all of this, why I'm rewriting it, tomorrow's post will really... Read More
Souvenirs Louder, for the people in the back Posted By Lorena Up and down this road I goSkippin' and dodgin'From a 44 Facebook is often an echo chamber; because you can curate the list of who... Read More
Souvenirs When loss sneaks in and makes a home in your heart Posted By Lorena I want to make sweeping statements like, "the first time you lose someone you love, it teaches you how to lose everyone else" or "the... Read More
Souvenirs Well, *that* wrecked my head Posted By Lorena Warning: this is a sad story about a sad animal and spoilers, it didn't live. If that sort of thing shatters your heart into a... Read More
Souvenirs A Long December Posted By Lorena Today would have been my dad's 77th birthday. He died two weeks after his 60th. It used to be, growing up, Bill's birthday, then a... Read More
Souvenirs You just call out my name Posted By Lorena Do you have siblings? I don't. I'm an only child (not for lack of my parents trying, mom, I'm sorry about your loss). I don't... Read More
Souvenirs The Practicality of Preparing Posted By Lorena The last few months, I've been helping my aunt and uncle decide what to do with their manuscripts, correspondence, papers, and library. They're not planning... Read More
Souvenirs Some of it’s magic, and some of it’s tragic Posted By Lorena He went to Paris Looking for answers To questions that bothered him so The nurses on this floor aren't as attentive as on the previous... Read More
Souvenirs On apologizing and making amends Posted By Lorena "Oh, laws," you're thinking. "She doesn't write forever and then she gives us one with song lyrics... it's always a hard thoughtful one when there... Read More
Souvenirs When you want to punch a holiday in the throat Posted By Lorena Dear Goddamn Diary; I don't know why this year in particular - what makes this year any different than the last sixteen - but I'm... Read More