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.
During a recent conversation, my daughter told me that many of my recent postings were too dark and depressing, and she asked me lovingly to “knock it off”. It bothers her to know I am so sad. Initially, I thought she was right. Perhaps I needed to balance out the darkness with more light. Then […]
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Today I had a visit from a very small dragonfly. I’m sure there is a scientific name for the stage it was in, but I referred to it as a baby dragonfly. The whole encounter brought a sense of comfort to me for many reasons, not the least of which is a grief story told […]
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I sometimes feel as though my blog posts are repetitive and without value. It seems the same emotions swirl about my head making random, intermittent appearances like random colored socks in a white load in a laundromat washing machine – now you see it, now you don’t. The white clothing is representative of my zombie-like […]
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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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Many Faces of Cheri G 