Last Thursday, my husband of almost a quarter century dropped dead from one of those “widowmaker” heart attacks. It was a shock but could have been so much worse than it was; I may write later about being grateful for small blessings. A lot of people have been...
CW: Really big emotions, reference to abuse and generational trauma It’s not just the amount of Stuff. It’s not just about missing someone, realizing anew that I won’t be able to see them or pick up the phone to share a funny thing the kids did today. It’s the...
CW: Cancer, death (but not from the cancer) My mother-in-law was a paper hoarder. She had difficulty identifying what was important, so she kept everything. I’d come over and help her match up EOBs with medical bills, discarding the boilerplate FYI’s and ads and empty...
