Not a metaphor.
He was sitting, slightly sprawled on the sidewalk at the corner of 19th and Market. I could hear him a…
Category: I will miss you
Barnegat Light House
The Barnegat Light House on the Jersey Shore is being closed until October for renovations. A Philadelphia Inquirer story on March…
The mad woman
Lit the yahrzeit candle at sundown. Now listening to music that Laura played. Schubert Impromptus and Kinderszenen. Her friend Daisy…
Grieving easefully
A friend mentioned that the subject of dying and grief had come up in her meditation group. Probably not coincidentally,…
All the seeds failed, except one
I’ve been known to cry at the movies, but I don’t think I’ve ever cried over a book … until…
The roots of cypresses
I don’t know the Italian word for “mensch,” but Rocco Schiavone is a mensch. He’s the detective in the eponymous…
Words hurt, especially when you can’t find them
Joan Didion called it the “vortex effect,” the sudden overwhelming grief triggered by a memory. After ten years that feeling…
Heart flowers
Last Sunday, March 1, was the birthday of my youngest sister Mary Teresa. I’ve written about her before. She did…
Yahrzeit
Laura died in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, January 30, 2010. Here is the story of…
Turmoil
You never know how you’re going to react in the face of the loss of a loved one. When they…