I know firsthand how hard it is to lose someone (or pet). The world can feel like a very lonely place, dark, dreary, unsafe. Grief can trick us into perceiving life as meaningless.
Category Archives: Life – Death – Dying
Affirmations for the Dying
Those of us who are dying can often feel alone. They’re turning into butterflies, when their loved ones, even though they may mean well, want to keep them as caterpillars.
Asking for Help
It can be hard to ask for help. We can feel like we don’t deserve it, that we should suffer in silence, that we somehow deserve the pain we are going through… It’s nonsense.
A Mother’s Last Words
A Friend’s Mother’s Last Words: My good friend, Laura Skilbeck, kept a note of what her mother said during her final moments. Like many people who have read it, I felt the need to share it.
The Day and the Night (A Poem)
I wake up,
And forget how miraculous that is,
For today could be The Day,
I don’t go to bed;
I Am With You (A Poem)
Love,
I was with you when you received the news,
I’m sorry I didn’t say goodbye.
The Blood Vessel (100-Word Non-Fiction)
“He nearly died. And now there’s something wrong with his brain.”
“What happened?”
How amazing would it be… (A Poem)
How amazing would it be,
If the stars only came out once a year.
Classroom Sharing (100-Word Flash Non-Fiction)
“What did you get for Christmas?”
The teacher was going around the classroom.
Poison (A Poem)
Shadows of non-being,
The addictive past
