Tag: grief

See You Soon

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There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I started to subtract blocks of time. To quantify my reality so I could digest it. To justify why I personally, as a mom of divorce and shared custody, am Read More

A Longing

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We are mourners, at heart. When we look back we are more often than not Grieving the loss of something, Or the way things used to be but aren’t anymore. We don’t like change, but we are adaptable. We want things to be easy, but we are in fact strong. We are lonely, at heart. Read More

Seeing Stars

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A season of enduring darkness seems to be what’s on the agenda for the time being. A gradual darkness, spread out like a carpet of loneliness with uncertain boundaries. At first, it was just red flags in our peripheral vision. A whiff of smoke in a still forest. Then the sun moved behind the clouds; Read More