Archives for April 2010
Angel Day Cometh
Published on 30 Apr 2010 at 10:27 am.
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Maggie’s Angel Day looms near. Last year on this date, time was just about standing still. This year the beat of the ticking clock is not so insistent. Less screaming. Less gnashing of teeth. Less sandpaper grit against my heart. Less Maggie.
Grief Checklist
Published on 28 Apr 2010 at 1:50 pm.
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Somehow I stumbled across a blog of a fellow traveler, LN, who is morning her precious KT. Her Angel Day was February 11, 2010. LN is behind me on this journey and I too clearly recognize the pot holes she’s stumbling into. One thing she posted really hit dead on, a list she compiled from [...]
Checks in the Mail
Published on 26 Apr 2010 at 10:49 am.
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So back in late May of last year, the government sent me my consolation prize – a check for $255.
Standing Taller
Published on 24 Apr 2010 at 11:30 am.
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Going back and reading last year’s blog posts has been an amazing part of this month. Now, I don’t mean amazing “great” as in “our vacation to Disney World was amazing.” I mean more amazing like “Wow, watching the twin towers fall on TV was amazing.” Every day it’s like a spiritual cleansing (and an [...]
Fun with Chase Bank
Published on 8 Apr 2010 at 10:21 am.
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Slowly, I’m working through the process of wrapping up Maggie’s “estate.” I put estate in quotes because, frankly, it just seems so impersonal and kind of unreal, like an inappropriate term – one I’m certainly not comfortable with. This “estate” was my sweet wife’s stuff! These were things that were important to her, parts of [...]