by ::::kbs | Jun 5, 2011 | PSA
There are several good websites online which provide forums for mourners to meet, talk, and share. One I really appreciate is Open to Hope – it offers a wide variety of writers who talk about their different forms of grief openly and honestly. Sometimes...
by ::::kbs | May 6, 2011 | Reflections
Authoria: This is the next section of the book that comes right after “Circumstances.” It is actually based on a very old essay I wrote only a couple of years after my parents died, and while I’ve changed it considerably over the course of time it...
by ::::kbs | May 1, 2011 | Caretaking, Reflections
A friend recently wrote in her journal about having to take time off to be a temporary caretaker for her partner, who had not-minor surgery on his shoulder. I sympathized with her experiences, but she was careful to point out that the few weeks she spent caretaking in...
by ::::kbs | Apr 24, 2011 | Reflections
Authoria: This is the final half of the opening chapter “Circumstances”, which tells the story of the deaths of my parents and what happened to me before, during, and after. ~~~~~~~~~~~ My father had suffered a major stroke that same year on Father’s...
by ::::kbs | Apr 21, 2011 | Mourning
You know it’s going to be rough when your therapist keeps describing the current month as “Hell month.” Because it is, it totally is. My father died on April 26th, at about 2a.m. in the morning (although for me, it was “late at night”)....
