by Kathy on June 17, 2022 · 0 comments
in Art, Awards, Background, Bereavement, Change, Coping, Dad, Expectations, Family, Grief, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Music, Our Home, Parenting, Reality, Song Lyrics, The Past, Theater, Time, Writing
“Bit by bit, putting it together…” ~ Stephen Sondheim On this day last year, June 17th, two weeks before my dad died, I spent about six hours at my parents’ new assisted living apartment putting together two matching cabinets. A few weeks before, they had downsized from a two bedroom independent living apartment, in which […]
by Kathy on February 12, 2022 · 0 comments
in Bereavement, Change, Coping, Dad, Dreams, Family, Grief, Loss, Love, Memories, Time, Transitions, Writing
I woke up this morning around 3:30 a.m., as I often do, to go to the bathroom. As I was rousing to get out of bed, I realized that I had been dreaming about my dad. I didn’t want to forget what details were fresh in my mind, so I typed what I could recall […]
