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The Last Jolly Rancher
Richard was a fan of Jolly Ranchers. In case you don’t know, Jolly Ranchers are rectangular blocks of fruit flavored hard candy. Each Jolly Rancher comes individually wrapped in cellophane wrappers. He had lots of them in his apartment. There were a couple of containers of them on his desk. There was a cup full on an…
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Back To Court
I’ve recently been trying to close Richard’s checking account. I know I should have done this a long time ago, but you just can’t rush some things. I would have just kept on waiting but Chase forced me into it because they started charging a “service fee” on the account. In a couple of more…
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Unfinished Business
Today I’m exhausted. I’ve begun the process of taking care of all my unfinished Richard business. It’s a pretty impressive to-do list. There are just so many little things that need to be done, so many loose ends that need tying. In the early days after Richard’s death I had a lot of energy to…
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What Does The Soul Know?
It’s now been two and a quater years since Richard died. It seems like it was just yesterday, and it feels like it’s been a lifetime. After all this time, I still often feel like it’s not real… like Richard is still here. I often expect him to walk into the house, and just flash that…
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Beyond Tears by Ellen Mitchell
There are certain truisms in life. One of them is that it goes against the natural order of things to bury one’s child. However, as bereaved mothers we can no longer believe in natural order. Our comfortable, secure lives, our innocence, all were shattered with the deaths of our children. Now our reality is upside…