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it won’t rain all the time

the weather has been miserable lately.. first with a massive downpour and lots of wind, to flooding in the lower areas (thankfully i live on a ridge) and then suddenly we had snow, and then rain, and more wind… make … Continue reading

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life keeps moving on

i’d meant to write about this earlier but i haven’t had free arms long enough to sit down and blog. on september 16th, my nephew, my brother’s son, died from heart complications. he was only 24 days old. it crushes … Continue reading

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deep breath…

i’ve spent most of today keeping to myself. going between normal emotions and then sudden moments of deep thought, reflection, and crying. for those of you that don’t know me, today is one year since my mother passed away. the … Continue reading

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another ghost beside me

last night i was jolted out of sleep by my cat yowling like he has never before in his life. i thought maybe he had a bad dream or maybe someone stepped on his tail but when i found him, … Continue reading

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tired of this crap

today the mail brought a letter from the medicaid office, saying they want to recover funds they paid for when mom was living. they want information about her assets, which… there really aren’t anymore. but just getting this after all … Continue reading

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no place for us

today was a pretty crappy day… we had a meeting with the county clerk’s office to settle mom’s estate. speed bump 1, it cost 42 bucks to put the land in our names… like we aren’t already shelling out a … Continue reading

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and now we learn to live again

trying to get back into the swing of things after all that has happened in the past week is hard. for the first time in my life i am without the advice of parents. sure i have my little brother … Continue reading

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everything went so fast..

yesterday i brought mom to the hospital. today she is dead. i am still trying to understand what has happened and cycle though so many emotions all at once. so much destroyed in such a small window of time… the … Continue reading

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one year ago today

today is the one year anniversary of my father’s death. one year ago i woke up to a blizzard and the word that my father had passed on. he was 59 when he died, and when he left a big … Continue reading

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this was supposed to be a good blogpost

about how it snowed yesterday: and because mom’s kindle arrived early but its not happy because later that evening, we got the news that my grandfather (who i’ve always called pap pap since i was a baby) is in his … Continue reading

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