Category: Health & Aging
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The Dichotomy of Garage Sales
Reading Time: 5 minutesI looked up the definition of dichotomy to make sure I was using it correctly in this context. I am, I think. A dichotomy is a contrast between two things that are completely opposite, different, or mutually exclusive. That’s garage sales, people either love them or hate them. Me, I hate them. … Read more
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Make Someone Feel Special
Reading Time: 6 minutesI was chatting with a good friend last week during our regularly scheduled biweekly phone call. Her mother, who will be 100 years old on her next birthday, has been living with her for the last 7 years or so. Her mom’s health is failing oh so slowly and my friend looks… Read more
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Life is Meant to be Shared
Reading Time: 5 minutesLast Saturday afternoon I finished all my projects and list of chores for the week. I was looking forward to just being able to sit, maybe work on a puzzle which I haven’t done for quite a while. But when Saturday afternoon and that “free” time rolled around I didn’t want to… Read more
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A Return to Joy
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the book I’m currently reading, the author calls God by the name Joy. I was pondering that yesterday on my morning walk in the park. A friend of mine asked me not long ago if I was mad at God about Randy’s death. I know there are lots of people who… Read more
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In- and Out-of-Whack
Reading Time: 5 minutesCarla and I had lunch together yesterday and she asked me what I was going to write about tomorrow. I was a little taken aback. I don’t know what’s going on in my temporarily impaired widow brain, but I hadn’t given one moment’s thought to the fact that tomorrow is Tuesday. And… Read more
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Life Re-imagined
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe don’t always get to choose what happens to us, but we do always get to choose how we react to what happens to us. Losing a spouse of 50 years is a hell of a change forced on anyone. It’s been more staggering than I could have ever imagined. Tomorrow will… Read more
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Rest in Peace, Randy
Reading Time: 5 minutesLast Friday we laid Randy’s cremains to rest at Sarasota National Cemetery. The ceremony, with military honors including a three-gun salute, was beautiful, but somber and heart wrenching. Close to 50 people, some of whom were surprises to me, some who traveled a very long way to help lay him to rest,… Read more
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Morning Walks with Randy
Reading Time: 6 minutesI’ve been walking for more than 3 weeks now. It’s been good for me. And for 2 weeks I’ve been going to the community park near my home to walk around the lakes instead of on the blacktop up and down the boring street by my house. The best part is that,… Read more
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One Bite at a Time
Reading Time: 5 minutesLast week I wrote about all the stuff, mostly Randy’s, that no longer serves me. The idea for that post came from the widow and grief materials that bombard me daily on Facebook. Those algorithms really work. This week I saw several things that made an impact on me. I used to… Read more
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What No Longer Serves Me
Reading Time: 5 minutesI am really starting to miss Randy. Being alone in this house is a completely different experience than I’ve had for all of my life. Several of my friends still check on me every day. Some of their eyes glaze over when they ask what I did that day. I laughed when… Read more