Category: Nitty Gritty Dirty Grief
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Bittersweet
Sometimes the simplest things worked wonders for Samantha. We spent thousands of dollars for high-tech seating equipment but her favorite spot was her ‘throne’. It should come as no surprise because she is a princess. Samantha’s seat consisted of pieces of furniture foam carved out to fit her little body perfectly. The pieces were glued…
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What has yet to happen?
I went to writer’s group today. Our prompt was to write about what is yet to happen….here’s what I came up with. What has yet to happen…. By Me. When the worst has come to fruition…when the Katrina of your life has passed, you stand knee deep in the murky water, you look at the…
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Life is Fish
My lovely friend Alissa treated me to all-you-can-eat sushi last night. Alissa is an angel from heaven. For those of you who have not witnessed a Heather Schichtel sushi event…..I can eat sushi… Like a killer whale on a binge… Like a great white shark on a feeding frenzy…. All you can eat sushi is…
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Beach Love
My friend Cora sent this to me….. Along with this message…. I’ve included as an attachment a picture of something we made at the beach in memory of your beautiful daughter. Made with some of the many shells at the beach, it struck me that even the broken shells and the simplest shells at the…
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Pilgrimage
El Santuario de Chimayo receives almost 300,000 visitors a year and has been called “no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States.” During holy week alone, 30,000 people make the pilgrimage… many walk from Albuquerque; 90 miles away. We chose to drive from Taos but that didn’t make the journey any…
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