As I was driving to pick up Emily, I glanced in my rear-view mirror. The late afternoon sky was putting on quite the show. The swirl of colors and subtle changes from yellow, orange, and purple delighted my senses. Southern California sunsets in January are always spectacular. The memory of that day comes back. WeContinue reading “Comfort in a Silent Sunset”
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Grief, Loss, and Lots of Thoughts
I opened the Wordle game and typed in G.R.I.E.F. as my starting word. I usually start with the first word that comes to mind each day. Today, that word was GRIEF. I was thinking about the concept of grief and the rules about grief. Sometimes society seems to put loss into categories with corresponding grief scales.Continue reading “Grief, Loss, and Lots of Thoughts”
Pearl Sized Loss
It’s just a damn goldfish. Pull yourself together. I go to the cupboard and retrieve the net. Tears are streaming down my face, and I muffle my cries. Guacamole is lying at the bottom of the tank. I scoop his lifeless body from the bottom of the tank and take him to the compost bin. “GoContinue reading “Pearl Sized Loss”
Conversation for Change 