Our daughter drove me to the outpatient surgery center in Birmingham, AL this morning for the planned thyroid right lobectomy. We arrived at the door promptly at 5 a.m. and I was registered, gowned, and waiting for the anesthesiologist and surgeon pre-op review and...
Today we had our monthly Women’s Grief Group at Lynn Haven Methodist Church. We welcomed a couple of new guests who have experienced more recent losses….. It was a poignant reminder for others of us, taking us right back to those early months of fresh...
I came across this prior post today and, as God would have it, as I was preparing for our monthly women’s grief support gathering, I had come across a BBC podcast on why we need sadness. It covered 3 philosopher’s view of the significance of sadness, one...
Sean Dietrich’s column on 11/13/2021 rang true for me and many others, I’m sure! I have felt what he describes. I believe it’s true and I smile at the strangest little things that come to mind about Bill and our life together ….. he’s...
November 12, 2013 Tonight the wind is blowing through the front bedroom addition wall which does not yet have sheetrock and insulation and the false wall with plastic sheeting is crackling in the wind. I’m feeling a little like Lisa Douglas (think:...
