So far this morning
Today would've been my mother's 72nd birthday. Hard to imagine her at 72. As usual, here's a link to some...
Archive for Death
R.I.P., Aunt Kathleen
My aunt Kathleen died yesterday. She's been in my family for twenty-five years. I never spent a lot of time...
That which does not kill us can still hurt
The other day, I saw yet another article that conveyed the very common narrative that difficulties and hardships make us...
Ten years
Today marks the tenth anniversary of my father's death. I'm doing surprisingly okay this morning; if anything, a little less...
My emotional state
A couple weeks ago, I sat down to write a blog entry about how I was doing with regard to...
Thoughts on deaths of parents
Although this entry was partly sparked by the recent deaths of several friends' parents, it's going to be focused specifically...
People’s parents dying, and other hard times
The past few months have been difficult times for a lot of my friends. I feel like all through the...
Talking to people who are going through tough times
This post is something I've been meaning to write for years; I'm finally writing it as a starting point/background for...
Harold and Maude
(I wrote this entry in July, but was reluctant to post it at the time. Now that I'm ready to...
Long ago, it must be
Today would have been my father's 75th birthday. It's also the 34th anniversary of my mother's death. I wasn't feeling...
State of the Jed
I meant to write a bunch of long-delayed blog entries while on vacation last week, but it somehow never happened,...
Missing Sara and the fall leaves
Yesterday at work, I got half a dozen requests from an automated system to remove Sara's name from various permission...