Category: dealing with grief

  • Remembering Tanya on the One Year Anniversary of her Death

    Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my sister’s death.  I honored her memory by releasing a balloon at a local park. I went to a local park to release the balloon instead of at her grave.  When I go to the Wegerzyn Gardens, I feel a lot of peace.  The gardens are absolutely gorgeous.…

  • Warning:  This blog post is going to be raw and real.  It’s difficult for me to type up but necessary. Some of the details are going to be a little blurry. August 28, 2016 was a regular Sunday.  I had church in the morning.  Then we were going to eat dinner at my mother-in-law’s house.…

  • Be Careful Of Those Cats

    Whenever I backed up my car, I would have to make sure I did not run over a feral cat.

  • Dearest Tanya, It’s been FOREVER since I last wrote to you.  Can you believe it’s almost a year since you gained your Heavenly body?  Okay, I don’t know if you actually have a body but I think you know what I’m talking about.  At least I hope you do. I’m typing this on your laptop.…

  • As many of you know, I have a monarch butterfly tattoo on my left shoulder.  The top of the tattoo has purple dots because that was my sister’s favorite color.  One top wing has 2 dots which represents the fact there were 2 of us and she was 2 years younger than me.  The other…

  • Early Morning Cuddles

    5. Tell us about the last time you slept on a couch.

  •  Write a list of your 5 favorite singers growing up…do they still make your top 5 list?

  • Dearest Tanya, It’s been many months since I’ve written to you.  So many things have changed around here.  

  • If I could use one word that I would like to describe 2017, it would actually be two words – Bucket List.

  • Since I still dealing with the death of my sister and with my mom living with us, Hubby has made it a point to start taking me on dates. We went on a couple during the summer, but nothing to regular. Now he feels as though it is a necessary part of our relationship.