One year, eight months, 16 days Posted By Lorena I've been a widow now for one year, eight months, and sixteen days. Twenty months and two weeks, if you call it by the way...
Dear Tim; who were you, even? Posted By Lorena CW: grief, confusion, anger, you know, all that stuff that comes with death of a spouse and being a widow. Dear Tim; Sometimes I wonder......
What it’s like to advertise as a small, one person, maker/artist/craft business Posted By Lorena In short? A f'in nightmare. Print advertising seems like it's hardly worth mentioning. I'd love to be able to afford to advertise in my favorite...
This Week in Vacation Planning (10/22/23) Posted By Lorena At this point the dates for my vacation next year have changed so many times, I've started not even telling my friends with whom I...
Navel Gazing Shower the people you love with love Posted By Lorena Hooooo boy. I've written this post like six times today, y'all. Even I want to tell myself to shut up already, haha, even though this... Read More
Souvenirs Ghost Posted By Lorena I love a good ghost story, especially haunted houses. But do I believe in ghosts? Hmm. Well, I'd have to believe in an afterlife in... Read More
Souvenirs The Post I Don’t Want to Write Posted By Lorena AKA "The One About How I Lived In Hell's Apartment" AKA "Shut Up, Universe, Quit Telling Me to Write About This." Does the Universe ever... Read More
Souvenirs Easter Snowman Posted By Lorena I got nuthin' -- here's one from the archives! Easter, 2002. Tim's parent's anniversary. My first visit up to meet them after Tim and I... Read More
Souvenirs Quack and Who Posted By Lorena I believe these are stuffed toys G-ma made; I thought I had a picture of me as a child, somewhere, with the chicken, but maybe... Read More
Ramblings Question of the Week Posted By Lorena What did your childhood bedroom look like? -- We moved around so much that I never really had a bedroom for more than maybe a... Read More
music Navel Gazing Let’s Roll Posted By Lorena I had a whole post planned about how I wasn't going to write a traditional 9/11 post like everyone and their brother seems to be... Read More
music Song of the Week: It’s Alright to Cry Posted By Lorena This one's for ... oh my gosh, who was I talking with the other week about this? Sharon and Ginger? Alana and Sharon? Anyone else... Read More
Souvenirs The last to go shall see the first three go before her Posted By Lorena (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... Read More
Souvenirs It was the best of times; it was the worst of times Posted By Lorena (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... Read More
Souvenirs Funniest line about having cancer Posted By Lorena (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... Read More
Souvenirs And though I cried I was so proud to love a man so rare Posted By Lorena (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... Read More