Category: Nitty Gritty Dirty Grief
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Chicken Soup Trifecta
Here is my latest story! Page 197 🙂 This book hits me close to my heart. The Uninvited Guest was written on a fluke when Samantha was still alive. I wrote it about the Grief parents of terminally ill children live with every day….the Grief about having a child who will not walk, not talk,…
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Aloha!
I haven’t posted. Because hubby and I have been here: We took off for a week….just the two of us and sat on a beach for a while. It was lovely and much needed. We took a vacation five years ago when I was 9 weeks pregnant with Samantha and a nervous wreck. I was…
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The Ways to Say Goodbye
Remember these lovelies from Thanksgiving? My dad’s parents, my Popa and Dodie. Tonight Dodie is not doing well. Today I was called to come and visit because her precious time is ticking away. I adore my Dodie. She made the simple things seem so very glamorous; eating chips, drinking coke and playing cards in the…
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Thank you….
We raised $900.00 for Miracles for Mito at the 40th disco extravaganza. $900.00 In one night Cause our people rock. At the end of the night the bartender took all of her cash tips and poured them into the Miracles for Mito box. How amazing is that? Sometimes this Cause feels very selfish because I…
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The Turning
I did it…. I turned 40…. And apparently my mouth grew 10 times its size. Look at that mug! Clearly I’m having a good time; surrounded by my tribe, embraced by the people I love. I danced out on the floor to I Will Survive with my friend Heather. Heather is a stage 4 breast…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 