Undoubtedly, it’s been a hard year. After all that’s happened this year, one might think that I’d just chuck it all in and say “to hell with the holidays, and screw you, Thanksgiving”. But that’s not the case at all. While I’m not very thankful for the misery imposed on […]
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It’s almost 8 months on from the dreaded morning which destroyed my beautiful life. 8 months of surviving without my beloved Michael. 8 months of sorting out our lives, closing and opening accounts, and doing things which I’d never had to do before. It’s been 7 months of ripping DVD’s […]
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I don’t dream. I haven’t in years. I suffered horrible night terrors when I was younger and one day, they stopped and I dreamt no more. Before the untimely end of my beautiful husband, I had these odd waking dreams. Not full on fantasies, because I was well aware and […]
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For some reason today I’ve been smelling tomato soup. I don’t think I have any in the house and that’s not really a culinary delight which I’d smell from the other houses in the neighborhood. My Michael used to enjoy tomato soup and grilled cheese, probably as much as I […]
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Every night I come home to the house and our furry babies, 4 cats. I open the windows and put in the screens so they can enjoy the fresh air. I go down to the office which used to be my late husband’s dialysis room and give Xena, the eldest […]
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