Tag Archives: grief

Wedding Daze

Posted on October 27, 2011 by pathfinder

The wedding.  The wedding is day after tomorrow.  The dining room is full of “stuff”. The bride is busy with seating arrangements at the wedding and place cards.  I have been working on getting our hot tub up and operational … Continue reading →

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Ashes to ashes and dogs to dogs

Posted on October 22, 2011 by pathfinder

I like dogs.  Growing up we had dogs.  Cats were nice when they want to be, but my mother disliked them.  If she visited a house where cats lived she would never eat any food prepared there for fear of … Continue reading →

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Holidays

Posted on October 21, 2011 by pathfinder

The stores are filling up with decorations for Christmas.  Yesterday I shopped at one of the craft and hobby store picking up little glass holders for votive candles.  I walked into a crush of Halloween and Fall decorations. Marked for … Continue reading →

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Mice,rats and life

Posted on October 19, 2011 by pathfinder

Barring weather and unforeseen events the wedding happens next weekend.  My daughter sounds a bit tired.  It is hard to maintain the level of excitement that I know she feels when she still has to go to work and  clean … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Showers

Posted on October 16, 2011 by pathfinder

Life is exhausting for us in the most unexpected ways.  My daughter is in town for a shower in honor of her upcoming wedding.  She is almost giddy with excitement over the upcoming event.   The shower occurred on Saturday … Continue reading →

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Roads go ever ever on

Posted on October 11, 2011 by pathfinder

              Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry … Continue reading →

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Peeling an onion

Posted on October 10, 2011 by pathfinder

    I was asked this weekend, “why are you crying?”  The person asking me was a good friend, and well aware of the circumstances of the past few months.   What was not clear to them, from their perspective is … Continue reading →

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What remains

Posted on October 7, 2011 by pathfinder

Words fail thoughts falter time relentless paces on. Memories come some unbidden shoulders  turn away once offered to be cried upon. Grief has a timetable for those not grieving the sadness too much weight for the un-bereaved. The awful truth … Continue reading →

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gifts of life

Posted on September 26, 2011 by pathfinder

Emotions are running high today.  The high of being with friends for a few days, the joy of laughter and the closeness of physical presence has dropped.  I am at home with my grief again. Grief tagged along on my weekend … Continue reading →

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Unthinkable

Posted on September 21, 2011 by pathfinder

There is an illusion we create of the order of things in the world.   We are born, we live, we die.  Childhood is supposed to be carefree and frivolous, puberty full of confusion and angst, teenage years dire and … Continue reading →

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