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Status: Andy returns in my LOVE: alive, wild and beautiful. This colors everything I do.
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It's not a Wednesday but it's a 19th. Andy died on May 19th. So it's been three months since he was liberated, set free. It seems like much MUCH much much longer. I listen to my saved voice messages...
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The Summer DayWho made the world?Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean -the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar...
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From another mother whose son died of brain cancer the year before Andy:*******************"Know that in between the moon tides of grief and bereavement are moments/spaces that you will find the ebb...
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I have been having a hard time forgiving a friend of Andy's. One of his very best friends from 3rd grade on, named Link, with whom Andy shared a million things, and with whom he lived in several...
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Mystery solved.When I was giving myself a little pedi a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the middle toe on my left foot has a purple toenail. Hmmm, I thought, that's Rather Strange. No memory of...
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Karen you mentioned the Mask we wear. It's part of a daily survival kit, isn't it, but it also takes a toll. You walk away from encounters and ordeals just exhausted if not internally weeping. Today...
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Got your attention? : )Just was talking with my sister this weekend about grief between parents over the death of a child. She and her husband lost little Ellie of SIDS about 22 years ago. She agrees...
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Down, down, down into the darkness of the graveGently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.I know. But I do not approve. And I am...
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I met with a woman about my age today who has had a brain tumor for 3 years or so... a really feisty person. She would do ANYTHING to squeeze another day out of life... has been almost dead twice,...
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My Friends,Time........What does a day mean in your life?Is it something you would sacrifice?If I asked for 24 hours,The thought enters your head and has more power.There are 1440 minutes would make...
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Hmmm, do you choose the "mark this entry" (positive, funny, happy, educational, etc.) at the beginning or the end of your journal writing? I so often find that I start writing in a "positive" mood...
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Just sayin... I went home for lunch (a block away) and ate in front of the TV. We have only a few video tapes of the kids when they were little. We had no money and it was all pretty new and...
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Dear Friends. I am pretty wobbly, to tell you the truth. I show up for work but I feel too exhausted to think straight. I would love to have a few more months of R&R but that's not an option. I cry...
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Prayer for a Normal Day by M. IronNormal day,let me be aware of the treasure you are.Let me learn from you, love you,bless you before you depart.Let me not pass by in questof some rare and perfect...
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From SINGING THE LIVING TRADITIONText by Alicia S. Carpenter:Just as long as I have breath, I must answer, 'Yes' to life;though with pain I made my way, still with hope I meet each day.If they ask...
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