For some reason I have had an easier time writing about my sisters death than my dads. Several times I have sat down to write this post only to think of something that I had to jump up and do. Hmmmmm I wonder what that’s all about. Maybe I’ll find out as I write.
During a [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Dad’s contribution on my way towards “Grief Counceling”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
More about Janice, and the road to Grief Counceling
Posted in Uncategorized on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I left off with my mom coming down from the foothills to pick up Janice’s ashes. Well she had bought a little plot in the old historic “Gold Country” cemetery and that’s where she put Janice. She had a granite monument made and everything.
Back home where I lived, I was working as a waitress and I [...]
The Journey towards “Grief Counselling”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My first experience with death was when I was about 5. One of the church members had died at the paper mill where he worked. He fell into some sort of pressing machine and was crushed. I remember hearing the adults talk about it and wondering what a “crushed person” would look like.
We went to [...]
Is it “Fear”? Or “Excitement”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lately even if you don’t watch television or read the newspaper, you can still feel something uncomfortable in the air. People are talking about the economy and how bad it is, the unemployment situation, banks going out of business, etc.
There’s evidence for some “doom and gloom” out there floating around and if you don’t care [...]
…when I’m 64″…as sang by Paul McCartney
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is the year I turn 64. I can remember so well when Paul McCartney sang “Will you still need me…will you still feed me, when I’m 64?” I can remember how old I thought it was. You know what? It isn’t old at all.
At this time in my life, I find myself more eager [...]
Moving from “Resistance” to “Acceptance”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I like to think of myself as a “Spiritual being having a Human experience”, but in the last several months, two different issues came up almost like a test at the end of a semister of Life Class 101. Both of the situations had several different elements that looked like they could be the main [...]
Accessing “Grace”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why is it that I can want to do something like lose weight, or get into a good habit like making the bed as soon as I get out of it, or doing the dishes as soon as I’m through eating, I can even want it so bad my teach itch…but it is a crap shoot as to whether or [...]
Knitting “Chemo Hats”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi Everyone,
A few years ago, I came across a pattern for “Chemo Hats”. It was a being given away free to induce knitters to make them for people going through Chemo therapy. I decided to make one and shortly after I had made it, I found someone who needed it.
Did you know that when someone [...]
