This week in the United States began with Memorial Day, a day for us to remember all of the people who have made the choice to put the lives of others before their very own. Until this year, I never really thought about the parallel between the choice that people make when they enter into […]
Archives for May 2014
My father’s death (his suicide)
It’s hard to believe that 17 years have passed since my dad died but they have. He died on May 13, 1997; I was 26 years old at the time, recently married and devastated beyond words. I talk about Dad’s death a little in Hear I AM and am currently writing something else that I’ll […]
My friend Jane (her eulogy)
This post is actually from my friend Jane’s celebration of life service. Please trust me when I say that Jane is a woman worth hearing about more than once. She was remarkable! And for reasons I still can’t see, she trusted my words, asking me to deliver her “eulogy” shortly after we met. “It has […]