But now they are my caretakers. My son sleeps on the couch next to my bed a few nights a week to give his father a break. My precious daughter tries to keep everything upbeat and picks up my slack whenever she can. Both of my kids have demanding jobs and having a sick mom has to...
Those of you who have been following and reading my blog posts regularly will know that September is an especially hard month for us as our beloved daughter Violet died 5 years ago at the the end of the month and a year later her brother died on the 1st. Usually I would have written ...
“Once More to the Lake” written by E.B. White and the poem “Forgetfulness” written by Billy Collins, both contain a theme of identity loss. In “Once More to the Lake” E.B White connects to a lake at young age and when returning with hissonyears later is unable to identify ...
Jeanette was born on March 16th, 1975 in Oak Harbor, WA. She moved often as a young adult, living in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Massachusetts, and then back to Washington where she met her dear husband, David, in 2008. They were married on May 1st, 2010 in Tacoma’s beautiful Point ...
Grief over the loss of my daughter. Grief over the loss of all the parts of myself I never allowed. Grief over the childhood, teenhood, and adulthood that was black with this belief. Grief Grief over how things are not the way I want them to be. Grief over the loss of time and ...
I waited 23 years for the next movie version of The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. My wife and I had four kids waiting for its arrival! My oldest daughter Kate was old enough to stay up late to catch the movie with me on the first day. It came out the day bef...
When one considers the hardships Hepburn experienced during her childhood, it underscores the incredible nature of the feats she was able to accomplish during her adult life. The Belgian-born superstar was forced to live under German occupation when Hitler's army invaded during her family vacation ...
I lost my daughter to Cancer when she was 27 and it was over 20 years ago. However I share the same “what if she had lived?” feelings as any parent who has lost a child, whatever the age. Rachel Sue’s daughter as a little girl aged 4 ...
In Congreve’s The Double Dealer, for instance, Lady Plyant has been led to believe that Mellefont, who has been courting their daughter Cynthia, is really in love with her. This is a ploy of Lady Touchwood, whose unrequited love for Mellefont causes her to design a trap for him, whi...