It is so difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that today marks 16 years that my dad left us. Some days it feels like it was lifetimes ago that he passed, other times I am transported back to that cold rainy Thanksgiving morning and I can feel the…
First of all, I owe you guys an apology. Never since I started this blog in October have I missed a day of blogging; and I certainly have never missed an entire week. But this past week I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t pull myself together enough to write,…
Today at 10:45am we are flying up north to the San Francisco/Sonoma County area to visit my family. As you might recall if you read yesterday’s post, my grandpa is very sick and has now stopped eating and drinking. Yesterday he was moved to a hospice facility and is sleeping…
As you might recall, we adopted Dorothy the goldfish when our neighbors moved to Vermont…and to be honest I was a bit terrified. My only experience with having pet fish was when I won a few goldfish at a fair when I was about seven years old. Tragically, within a…