Rings, Connections, Lonely, Letting Go, Anal Cancer
Hi… Liz..My latest imaginary friend…perfect for today… (site name and patient names are fictitious) You friended me on PWAC? I just, over last few days, had some issues and said I would not post there anymore. But I did bop on there and grab your name and read your last post…about your husband. I wanted…
The Clock I See
The Clock Of Time Remaining There it is. I can see it in my mind. It is on a wall, or it is floating in the air a short distance in front of me. Sometimes I can hear it ticking. I saw it when I was driving the other day, in the distance hazily…
Why Victims Don’t SPEAK OUT
Why Victims Don’t Speak Out About Being Scammed I joked a bit in that piece I wrote. But I left a few things out. Now that I have been scammed, this is a word to the scammers, but mostly to those vulnerable to being scammed. Share this piece, spread it around. Yeah, go ahead, maybe…
When Lonely Can Be Dangerous
When Lonely Can Be Dangerous Yikes, I thought I had a LITTLE bit of savvy. Think again. I guess I will talk about the loneliness first. As the mourning over my loss eases, I find myself feeling pummeled by another flavor of the grief process. An intense yearning for companionship, which is frequently difficult to…
Visit To 9/11 Memorial In Manhattan, NYC
I am not sure how I got a second wind, but I did. It was a long day, which started out with catching a 9:23 train from New Haven, Connecticut which arrived in Manhattan about two hours later. I left plenty of time in case the train was late, so I would have time to get…
Musings On Therapy, Buddhism
This is going to come out fast and furious so I can remember as much as possible of what I just wrote and lost. Brat, and Emilee would have called you a brat… I call you a B.R.A.T. Not dismissing the P’s too quickly…the three P’s (Martin Seligman, psychologist, the three P’s…permanence, pervasiveness, personalization, easy…
A Town Gathers After Ten Year Old Dies
Vigil on the Green (The evening of July 9, 2017) Oh, I know many people will write about this, and the reporters will do their stories. But for me, I need to put my two cents down on paper, although, with a paucity of coins these days, and with inflation, it is probably more like…
A Good Book Review of “Option B”
There are a whole bunch of books on grief and grief process…. Also, the CEO of facebook lost her husband suddenly 2 years ago and wrote a book about it, title is Option B. Sheryl Sandberg . Look at this review of it…. https://qz.com/964570/review-sheryl-sandbergs-death-through-an-intimate-guide-to-grief/ The review itself is a good discussion of grief processing,…
My Hibiscus – Metaphor of Loss And Life, and Cancer
Life Lessons and My Poor Hibiscus My HIBISCUS ….. I did everything I could…. and it still died (or, someone said to cut it waaaaay back and it might show regrowth from the base…at this point…I question that, although it sounds verrrry metaphorical which I like)… there is something so sad about this…and then…there is…
Grief and Guilt, Joy, Being Alone and Enjoying Oneself
So, are you saying you are glad to be by yourself…glad to be alone, glad to not have to always be considering the person you are married to, in a relationship with, glad to be able to do what YOU want, when you want, how you want? I just want to make sure I am…