Missing My Mom

I felt perfectly fine all day yesterday. I ran errands and visited with people. Then, at the end of the… Read More

Farming

With the onslaught of spring comes the inevitable chores. Yard work, cleaning out ditches. Picking up downed branches. Mr. FixIt… Read More

This is one of those moments when my mind ran about a hundred yards ahead of me and took me… Read More

A Welsh word for the yearning…the grief for the places of your past. Yet, not necessarily a house. A place… Read More

Wahoo! I not only got the taxes done, but I found the results to be quite pleasing. I don’t know… Read More

I set to work yesterday, determined to finish the taxes. I sorted through every bag of papers I brought to… Read More

I wish I could blame my reticence for bookkeeping on “grief brain” but truth be told, I’ve never been good… Read More

Ever since I changed my Twitter handle to @GriefMaven, I’ve been meeting the coolest people in the grief support community.… Read More

Oh, there is nothing like a good ol’ thunderstorm and a hard rain on this old roof to bring me… Read More

This is my ultimate favorite time to be on the farm. While there isn’t a chorus of “peepers” here like… Read More