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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Mi Media Naranja
They kept appearing in the dishwasher The knives you always fussed about “The good knives don’t go in the dishwasher” “The handles will wear out faster” “It makes them dull” On and on until I had finally caved and agreed … Continue reading
Living in H.A.L.T.
H.A.L.T. Am I hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I am operating out of a deficit. My baseline is in the basement. If you ask, “How are you?” I will usually say that I am doing okay, because … Continue reading
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Day After Fall Apart Day
face down sadder and wiser again and grateful for the rain as it finally fell to earth to me and maketh me lie down in the wet grass and submit to gravity reality gravity and surely this is the bottom … Continue reading
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Tagged bereavement, cancer widow, grief, grieving, loss, poetry, recovery, relationships, restoration, widowhood, writing
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The Stone Bridge
Since I started working at the zoo, almost every day as I left work, I’d call Mark when I got to the old stone bridge that leads to the employee parking lot. I’d say, “Hey, it’s me.” “Hey, me.” He’d … Continue reading
Do Not Stab Him
Yesterday, I met a man who had the same kind of cancer that Mark had. I didn’t have to ask, and he didn’t have to tell me. I could see it in the carved-out neck where they’d taken out lymph … Continue reading
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Life UnMarked 