So, I know its been a while. However, my friend, high school classmate and neighbor, Erica, challenged me to start back writing. She reminded me that this is my catharsis. This is one of my healthy forms of relief from stress, trauma and now GRIEF. It’s my way of clearing […]
I never told my mother I loved her while she was alive. Not because I didn’t love her, but because we were never raised that way. As I’ve come to find out, that was common in families back then. Love was never, or hardly ever expressly verbalized. The common retort […]
More on Mom The Story of my Mom con’t As I got older, the dynamics of my mom’s and I relationship evolved. Since it was just the two of us, and while living in Jasper, we developed more of the mentor/mentee type relationship. And as I reached adulthood, we became […]
Mom Right after my father died, they brought Mom home, helped her to bed and tried to console her. I don’t remember who all was there at that time. I do know, like I previously said, my dad’s sister was there, but I can’t remember who else at that very […]