First, it’s been a month since I posted because I got stuck on posting one specific post that I’ve been working on for, like.. ever. It’s a hard post so I’ve been struggling to complete it and for some reason, I couldn’t move past it without finishing. However, when I saw today’s prompt: Unravel, I …
growing pains
The only time I ever received a cheesy, heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day was 15 years ago.
I am relaxing in a quiet, cozy home drinking a glass of nice wine (Rascal, a Pinot Noir from Oregon) and listening to Damien Rice. Lover is out for drinks with a friend and I am contemplating a eulogy for my carnival goldfish that lived for 7 full years. I won that damn goldfish at …
Last Sunday would have been my friend Carrie’s 34th birthday. I felt emotional and sad and wanted desperately to just pull the covers up and hide for the entire day. I didn’t know how to handle it. My boss, an amazing woman suggested sending her a card; so I did. It was a comedy of …
I’m still having a really difficult time with the loss of my best friend. Memories like this one in this photo above are so tangible that I ache inside. Those visceral feelings make it hard for me to remember that she is dead. She is actually gone and never coming back. I feel like I …
You know, Miss Ruth was a lady. And a lady always knows when to leave. (Fried Green Tomatoes) Four months shy of her eighteenth birthday we said so long to our beloved kitty Gertrude. Gertrude was a beautiful, spunky, bright-eyed tortoiseshell cat-dog with just the right mix of ‘tortitude’, generous love and affection, a kitty …
It was so hot and sticky when I left work this evening. I settled in for my ride home and was almost instantly moved to tears. You see, I’ve cried for Carrie a lot lately. Mostly in the shower in the mornings and on my ride home. Tonight I don’t even know what it was …
everything lovely & good 