Sunday, December 18th
Lorena
Yesterday would have been my daddy’s 70th birthday. I think he would have been both horrified and tickled at turning The Big Seven-Zero. Birthdays that ended in zeros always freaked…
Souvenirs
Thursday, December 15th
Our friends Laura and Chris has their new baby this week. Jaz also has an older sister, Chloe, who thinks he is “beyond awesome.” He’s also now missing one fat…
Song of the Week: Abiyoyo
The fact that I used to fall asleep to this story when I was a toddler might explain a *lot* about me. I highly recommend it to both frighten and…
Your agony’s your heaviest load
I’ve been kind of moody the last week or so, and I’ve narrowed it down to my poor yarn store. At first I thought it was because the three of…
I’m beat, I’m torn; shattered and tossed, and worn
Lyrics to Trouble (previously seen as a Song of the Week here) copyright Cat Stevens Trouble Oh trouble set me free I have seen your face And it’s too much…
If this is ultimately going to be OK, why do I keep bursting into tears?
This is one of those good news/bad news things. Which do you want first? I love the answer my friend Susan gave us when we asked her this last night…
The last to go shall see the first three go before her
(Originally posted June 19, 2005) I don’t really remember the first person I lost. I think it was either Aunt Nellie or Aunt Mildred, gone when I was young. Less…
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times
(Originally posted August 9, 2006) This post is for Beth, who didn’t know that today was my third anniversary and just Monday asked the question of how Tim and I…
Funniest line about having cancer
(Originally posted February 19, 2006) Bill, yesterday: “I told my doctor I was more interested in quality of life, and not longevity. I kind of assumed he’d understand that ‘quality…
And though I cried I was so proud to love a man so rare
(Originally posted on May 2, 2007) He died about a month ago While winter filled the air And though I cried I was so proud To love a man so…
A Long December
Today would have been my father’s 68th birthday. Has it been almost seven years? It feels like forever; it feels like yesterday. Here’s a song I listened to a lot…
Lorena Spivey Haldeman
I’ve been uploading some old slides to Flickr, and here’s my most favorite picture of G-ma ever (long time readers have seen it before, but hey; it never gets old!)…