Across the Pond
I don't remember when I first wanted to go to the UK. Or maybe I should say, I don't ever remember NOT wanting to go...
Grief isn’t sadness, it’s exhaustion
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...
Rituals
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...
Sometimes it’s still weird
Dear Timmy Sean; Sometimes it's still weird. Sometimes I still have moments when I forget that you've died - surely we just had a fight,...
Beginnings
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...
Big Feelings
I have most of a post written that I'm just not sure about posting, because... it doesn't exactly put Tim in a shining light. It...
What am I missing?
What is it that you feel is missing from your life right now? List as many or as few items as you like. I kind...
How’s that holiday widow brain holding up?
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...
Could I maybe not be tired, for just a little bit, please?
I was prepared for the anger that comes with grief. For the sadness. For the depression. For the confusion. OK, maybe not as much confusion...
Sometimes I even irritate myself
I need a title for this post but I don't know what it'll be until I start writing. I've thought of a few titles, but...
What are you willing to tolerate?
Like a journal, these posts are a place for me to be more honest about what was happening than I was on Facebook, or Caring...
Why am I writing all this stuff about Tim, anyway?
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...
Gooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaal
If one more person asks me what my goals are for this year, the answer is going to be "to dropkick the next person who...
