My world shattered when I became a widow. I am now attempting to reassemble the broken shards into something damaged, fractured, and scarred, yet beautiful.
In our family, we have long spoken about what type of funeral we each want, and how we would like our final goodbyes to be. After attending many events that were too somber and mournful, with not enough laughter and remembrance of the better times, we spoke of honoring a life, rather than mourning a […]
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[Below is the tribute speech given at my husband’s Celebration of Life service. Rather than try to provide the highlights, I have chosen to present it verbatim. Note that it is fairly lengthy and still does not touch on all the points I would have liked to share about my husband. It is difficult to […]
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The last few weeks have been highly emotional ones and I’ve had no time at all to blog. My husband’s Celebration of Life service was this past weekend and I spent days working on a photo slideshow and a tribute speech. As the memories surfaced, I filed them away, my intention to come back after […]
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Have you ever seen Batty (voiced by Robin Williams) in FernGully, the Last Rainforest? He’s a bat that escaped from a lab where humans tested the effects of electric shock on him. (Yes, yes, I know it sounds ridiculous, but it’s a kid’s animated film.) Batty’s brain doesn’t exactly work correctly, and he often changes […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 