2020 · Dad · family · Grief

Dad – Boy Do I Miss Your Hugs

08/17/2020 Although today marks six years from the death of my father I recall my sister in law hugging me and saying something like "it will get better/easier" or something like that at my mother's funeral. She knew from experience and she was right. It's not as overwhelming and there aren't "things to be taken… Continue reading Dad – Boy Do I Miss Your Hugs

2016 · family · Grief

If I Had More Time with Them

The scenario goes something like this.  As I sat at the sewing machine that my mother once made things with, gazing out the window, with the view of the memory garden I started this summer something happened.  My mind starting trickling in things I would do with my parents if I had just a short… Continue reading If I Had More Time with Them