dealing with death

  • Purpose in Life

                Your palms are sweating. Your heart is beating out of your chest. Your stomach is doing flip flops.             “Sit down,” demanded your professor.             Your professor has asked you to come to his office to speak to you.… Continue reading

  • If I Could Go Any Where for the Holidays

    If I had all of the money in the world, I would love to go down to Walt Disney World for Christmas. I would not want to visit on Christmas Day because it would be way too busy but I… Continue reading

    If I Could Go Any Where for the Holidays
  • Celebrating Tanya’s 40th birthday

    We didn’t think about where we were going to release the balloons. If we had only moved to the other end of the deck, we would have been okay. 3. Write a blog post inspired by the word: rise. Continue reading

    Celebrating Tanya’s 40th birthday
  • 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… Continue reading

    Remembering Tanya on the One Year Anniversary of her Death
  • The Night My Life Changed FOREVER

    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… Continue reading

  • 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. Continue reading

    Be Careful Of Those Cats
  • Dear Tanya, (August 22, 2017)

    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… Continue reading

  • Monarch Butterflies (Dealing with Grief)

    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… Continue reading

  • Last Easter

    The other night I was looking through my photos. I found this photo of Tanya taken last Easter. This photo captures Tanya. She always had a book in her hand.  Continue reading

  • Dear Tanya (February 5, 2017)

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