A parenting tactic, one I really like, is to suggest to children that the coulds, and woulds, and shoulds be removed from the conversation. This is a magnificent way of redirecting the finger often pointing any way other than inward. I find this to be an interesting parallel now after the passing of my husband.…
Last week was very busy. Bruce had an MRI and we saw the neuro oncologist (NO). Last month he began what they call 5/23. He takes Temodar for five days straight. That is followed by 23 days off. Temodar is chemo in pill form. After what oncologists call the SOC (standard of care), patients then…
Update: I wrote the following a year ago after a friend suffered a horrible loss. It sat in Drafts, unpublished, until today. Sweet baby girl would have been a year old. The baby passed away Saturday. It is Monday, two days later. It is easier to write the facts because the feelings get tangled somewhere…
“Being at ease with the uncertainty and mysteriousness of life is one of the greatest gifts of wisdom.” Deepak Chopra Quoted from Suicide: Finding Hope http://www.suicidefindinghope.com/content/deepak_chopra In honor of our young friend, who ended his life two months ago. RIP.
Don’t turn away; Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. This is where the light enters you. ~ Rumi I post once again with a very heavy heart in honor of our dear friends, the family whose son took his life last weekend. Days later their daughter tried to take hers. She was unsuccessful. Through…
finding merle 