Essay on Las Vegas Massacre
The Las Vegas massacre, I purposely did not watch the news after the tragedy. I listened to some of the news on the radio, on NPR, but I did not want to see the images. Grief triggers my own grieving well, and although not watching the TV news, I knew at some point I would…
Some Songs To Emote To
Why post these songs? Music is powerful, often hitting the emotional well and causing fireworks or leaky faucets, or gyrations and waves of motion (dance moves you forgot you had) and emotion. A few songs of hundreds I could list…..some are loss songs….some are love songs….almost all are clean your sinuses and tear duct songs…tissues suggested…many…
Day of Atonement
Note: Up until a couple of months ago (at which time I attended two Friday night services at a Synagogue) I had not been in a Synagogue for 16 years, since my mother died. Also, just as a side note, although many say this is the most important day of the year, the Sabbath is…
Day 26, Melancholy? Poem, Someone’s Spouse is Dying; Song on Facebook
okay……Day 26….I am doing my best to Not get washed over with the same Melancholy that happens at the end of August and returns with the end of September….I am trying to stay in the present and not the future or the past…. but NOT SO EASY….especially if it is something I am accustomed to…
A Passage About Death From A William Saroyan Book
A Passage About Death From A William Saroyan Book William Saroyan won a Pulitzer Prize for the play, The Time of Your Life, in 1940. Also well known for his famous short story “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze,” the short novel The Human Comedy was made into a movie (1943, Academy Award…
Mindfulness Meditation, A Beginning Again
Mindfulness Meditation Why am I posting this here and why post this on a cancer blog site, Blog For A Cure? Of all places, I think the site that has people living with cancer is the most important place for this. I strongly believe that both caregivers and those with cancer, and those suffering loss,…
Solemness, And Haunting Images From September 11, 2001
September 11, 2017 Some stories need to be told again and again, in spite of the emotional upheaval they cause in those telling the story. I want those who did not live through it to have some sense, some taste, some bodily inclination of what the experience feels like, some embodiment of the intensity of…
Day 6, Talking to My Imaginary Love
Emilee…I am sorry…I did the best I could…I vow to do better…and I think you would be proud of me for trying to do so..I am sorry I did not have more time to do so with you…I cannot change that…I can only move on from here and hopefully improve…I am grateful for having had…
Day 4 And 5, Bike Ride
Day 4 day 4 of my month…. 11.4 miles on the bike (nothing for a real biker, but I am far from that) and I made it back home… a big deal after my heart started asking some serious questions after the first serious climb….god you never realize the grades until you do the road…
Day 3, Mindful Meditation
DAY 3 September 3, 2017 Dear Em…on the third day of Christmas….okay…okay…waaaaaay tooooooo early for holiday music…one of my car pandora stations thought holiday music by some pop group fit the category of Pat Metheny radio….. needless to say I am not ready for holiday music…although you liked it…..so third day of my birthday…