Faith

Dear Molly, I re-read last year’s post from your birthday/the anniversary of your death and was struck by how much of it applies to how I feel now/this year. When navigating difficult and uncertain times, I often think I’ve never felt like this before, it is so hard. However, in reality every age and stage […]

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It’s been awhile since I dreamt of, or at least remember dreaming of, my dad. I was in a small gift shop type store, which sold dance apparel, shoes and accessories, as well as toys, and struck up a conversation with another person who was shopping there. I recall the person had a shopping basket […]

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It’s been three weeks since the last day (Tuesday, July 11th) that I spent time with Mom, when she was fully conscious, and what a three weeks it has been. As with so many things in life, in some ways it feels like these weeks have flown by, while at the same time these last […]

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14 years have now come and gone since we last held you in our arms. 14 years since I carried you, you were born, and, soon afterwards, you died. And what a year this last one has been… I don’t think we’ve experienced a more difficult year since the one in which you were born […]

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10 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. Ever since I did this writing exercise those two […]

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As I shared in my last post, three weeks ago today (Thursday, July 1, 2020) my Dad died unexpectedly. On Saturday, July 10, 2020, we had his funeral at St. Nick’s Parish church in Evanston and laid him to rest at Memorial Park cemetery in Skokie. As the spirit moves me, I will share memories […]

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