It used to be simple. If anything happened to me, there was still my spouse — to take care of business, make decisions, and do whatever needed to be done. We had a Will and a Living Will. Simple. But now things like who decides when to pull the plug becomes more complicated. Is that…
Some friends are trying to organize a horse camping trip before the summer ends. “Go on a horse camping trip” has been on many a New Year’s resolutions lists and is also included on my “things to do before I die” list. If 2010 is the year my horse camping dream comes true, there’s a…
My brother-in-law passed away this morning. I haven’t written about his illness as my sister is a private person and it’s not my story to tell. What I will say is that he had a very aggressive form of cancer and I’ve only known about it for about 3 weeks. I’m still in shock. Selfishly,…
Thankfully there’s always another chance to love, to live, and to get it right, until the day we die. — Maery Last Thanksgiving, I was at my Dad’s with my siblings — holding his hand, talking to him, hoping he heard me say how much I loved him and how sorry I was we hadn’t…
my Willow girl I’m wondering what kinds of traditions people have for the holidays? Especially anyone who doesn’t have their family nearby. Fortunately, most of the people who read this blog don’t appear to be in that situation. My family has traditions like measuring noses to see whose nose is the biggest. It’s not mine!…
It’s been two years since my Mom died. It seems like she’s been gone a lot longer than that. Maybe because the last couple years of her life, the Mom I knew seemed to be fading away. Although, my Mom hasn’t consistently had one way of being. The Mom I see in photos before I…
