In my last post I told you about how I was considering two different full time jobs. That turn of events was a big deal because I've been freelancing and working from home for several years, and the whole office job thing, being away from the kids after school, was big and scary … [Read more...]
Cheers, My Long Lost Friend #tbt
Cocktail cruise on Lake Arrowhead. Must be pre-2005 because that's a bikini on me under that tank top and pants. And that's Lisa on the left. #tbt = Throwback Thursday … [Read more...]
When Your Move-a-Body Friend Is the Body
2010, Granada Hills, CA On the night of Lisa's funeral, we gathered at her house, the other Notre Dame '93 gals and I. Lisa, Lisa, Suzanne, and Julie (yes, there were three Lisa's, once.) We drank her liquor. We told stories in her living room. And then we stayed the … [Read more...]
Songs That Stab Me in the Heart: “Heaven” by Beyonce
This video is exactly what it was like to be friends with Lisa. This song is exactly what it is like to miss her. And to miss my Grampa, and my Uncle Stephen, and my Gramma and Grampa Jim, and everyone I've lost. Thanks (or something like it) to Katie. I needed a good cry … [Read more...]
The Price of Living is Dying
It has been two years today since Lisa's death. At this time on that day everything was normal. I suppose it has returned to something like normal. It's been two whole years now, after all. But at my college reunion we all sat at the Grotto at midnight, a special place at Notre … [Read more...]
