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.
One of the best / worst things about grief is that it has a way of bringing old memories to the surface. This can be a bittersweet and painful process, remembering both pleasant memories that can never be repeated and others best left buried. I’ve been trying to focus on the sweet anecdotes, the ones […]
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2016 has been a rough year so far. Today one of my favorite people on the planet was laid to rest. I’m wearing a pair of little angel earrings she made herself and it makes me feel she is near. My mother’s sister, Aunt J was Mom’s complete opposite. Mom was always so serious and […]
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Tonight was a first. Not the kind of first I’ve spoken of before. And not a “first time by myself“. But an actual I’ve-never-done-that-before first. I went to see a plant that is said to smell like rotting flesh. Seriously, its smell is described as decomposing animal carcass, dead fish, or just plain old corpse. […]
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My daughter’s dog has fleas. Scratch that (haha), he had fleas. Max is a sweet, little rescue mutt, part beagle, part border collie, and 100% sweet. But no matter how adorable he is, fleas are not. And they had to go. My kids were both scheduled to work this evening, so my plan was to come home, […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 