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How to Accept Death
As in past blog posts, I am posting old journal entries that helped me get through rough times. Here is one that I found on dying. Writing this journal entry was my way of figuring out how to accept death. My Best Friend’s Husband My best friend’s husband passed away this weekend. I was around when she met him and when they married and had children. He was like a brother to me. Steve wasn’t even 60 years old yet. How does this happen? We are supposed to grow old and enjoy grandchildren and great grandchildren. How is she surviving this horrible loss? How would I ever survive such a…
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Homelessness And the Man At the Waterfall
I KNOW I SAID I WAS TAKING A BREAK UNTIL JUNE BUT I COULDN’T RESIST. I MISS WRITING. So I am going to share an old journal writing that still affects me when I think about the two instances that occurred that inspired this entry to be written. Homelessness is on my mind. The Boy With the Sad Eyes There are moments in my life that stop me cold and my heart hurts. During those moments I start contemplating my own life and how I could have helped someone and maybe didn’t. One of these moments was a few years ago passing through a Taco Bell drive-thru window. I…
EMPOWERMENT, TRAVEL AND AGING GRACEFULLY
