My friend shared this poem with me. Adrift Everything is beautiful and I am so sad. This is how the heart makes a duet of wonder and grief. The light spraying through the lace of the fern is as delicate as the fibers of memory forming their web around the [...]
So many beautiful poems and personal words of support and condolences have been sent to me or have come my way, soothing words to help see me through this time of loss. Thank you, Reverend Andrea Weatherhead for sending me this Jewish poem by Rabbi Allen S. Maller. The poem [...]
I've lived in Seattle since 1991 and yet, before yesterday, I had never been to see the Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley. Given how much I love flowers, this is unbelievable on my part! Year after year, I admired photos from friends who had driven one hour north of [...]
I know you are all wondering why I have not written any blog posts in so long. I was putting all my writing energy to Toni's Caring Bridge. And now that she is gone, I am winding my way back to posting blogs and hopefully, I will pick up on [...]
I never fully knew just how precious she is. I never fully grasped at how fragile we all are. I never really knew how deeply intelligent she is, despite the brain damage she sustained as a child. I never fully understood the meaning of Heart Intelligence Quota until now. I [...]
