"What I love best about Christmas is how you made me love it again. I went from hating it, to it being my favorite. You did that. You and your mom. I didn't think that was possible. You're like f*ng Christmas elves. For f* sake, I'm wearing GD Christmas jammies and … [Read more...] about Bring On The Holidays
Grief Recovery Project
Limitless (A Grief Recovery Project Birthday Post)
When no possessions keep us, when no countries contain us, and no time detains us, man becomes a heroic wanderer, and woman, a wanderess. Roman Payne A Grief Recovery Project Post As I sit in yet another airport, staring down the barrel of another birthday on this … [Read more...] about Limitless (A Grief Recovery Project Birthday Post)
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
A Wandering Widow Post “Never stop wandering into wonder.” Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem After a six week break in Idaho, I was antsy to get back on the road. A short hop over to San Francisco for a few days was just what the travel … [Read more...] about I Left My Heart in San Francisco
The Wandering Widow Finds a Family
I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family. Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty A Wondering Widow Post Those of you who have been following along for a while know … [Read more...] about The Wandering Widow Finds a Family
The Grief Recovery Project – Fear Factor Edition
A Grief Recovery Project Post No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. C.S. Lewis This quote found me early in Dan's diagnosis. I don't remember who sent it to me. I promptly forgot about it as I was far too busy trying to defeat Cancer and Death. It reappeared … [Read more...] about The Grief Recovery Project – Fear Factor Edition
So Much More Than Tulips, Windmills, and Red Lights – Two Weeks In Holland
A Wandering Widow Post The earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Perhaps it's not a coincidence that the final stop of my adventure was in Holland. Like many of the countries I visited along the way, Holland wasn't on my original itinerary, although it was on this … [Read more...] about So Much More Than Tulips, Windmills, and Red Lights – Two Weeks In Holland