Yesterday was my grandfather’s funeral. It was an extremely emotional day for my family and me but it was also a good one because we know it was exactly what my grandfather would have wanted. We had a small graveside ceremony with just his close family and friends. Of course, there were many who couldn’t […]
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
I can’t really bring myself to allow anymore emotions onto the surface other than what I wrote early yesterday morning about my grandfather. I do need to write I just also need to make sure I don’t fall apart in doing so. I thought I would talk about what it was like for me to […]
THINK Locally, Not Globally
I have been feeling very overwhelmed with feelings and thoughts lately. The cumulative effect of all that has transpired with me over the past 12 years coupled with some personal things that I don’t feel comfortable sharing right now and just the events going on around the country have left me feeling sort of paralyzed […]
In a NY minute
My grandfather took a bad fall yesterday afternoon and suffers from severe internal bleeding and brain damage. He is lying in the ICU now being monitored but the likelihood that he is going to make it is incredibly slim and if he does he will have a very poor quality of life. I was never […]
Check, Check, Check Your Meds
I have mentioned before on this blog that I have a difficult time letting my guard down and relinquishing some control to medical professionals. With the exception of my parents, I am incapable of allowing someone else to make a decision for me about my body. I feel like I have to be on guard […]