CHRISTMAS EVE AND JENNY

MERRY CHRISTMAS-EVE!  BECAUSE OF FAMILY IN TOWN, I WON’T BE POSTING TOMORROW!  CHRISTMAS-EVE IS SO SPECIAL TO ME STARTING WITH MY OWN CHILDHOOD.  MY MOTHER, ALTHOUGH WE WERE CERTAINLY NOT RICH, ALWAYS MADE CHRISTMAS SO SPECIAL FOR US.  I WAS VERY VERY CLOSE WITH MY LITTLE SISTER, WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW DIED THIS YEAR … Read more

CUTTING OUT THE TOXIC

“Remove yourself from people who treat you like your time doesn’t matter, like your feelings are worthless, or like your soul is replaceable.”
-s. mcnutt

I’ve written about cutting negative people out of your life or at least keeping a social distance (pun intended, ha) in some of my earlier posts. But a tweet I saw this morning made me think a little. A person’s tweet asked what if the toxic comes from a parent and/or an adult child? Should they cut them off?

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TERMINAL CANCER FROM A FAMILY SISTER’S PERSPECTIVE

Less than a month ago, I lost my little sister to terminal Head and Neck Carcinoma.  It started just over one year ago, on her tongue as a canker sore.  She had gone to the dentist as it was extremely painful.  The dentist told Jenny that the canker sore looked a bit different than the … Read more

GOODBYES

How do we say farewell or goodbye?  Now that I have lost someone so close to me, my sister, I am wondering if saying farewell to those I love could be the final farewell.  Life is short.  We never know what will happen today, much less in the future.  Sadly, life is full of loss … Read more