Archive for July 2017
The Clock I See
The Clock Of Time Remaining There it is. I can see it in my mind. It is on a wall, or it is floating in the air a short distance in front of me. Sometimes I can hear it ticking. I saw it when I was driving the other day, in the distance hazily…
Read MoreWhy Victims Don’t SPEAK OUT
Why Victims Don’t Speak Out About Being Scammed I joked a bit in that piece I wrote. But I left a few things out. Now that I have been scammed, this is a word to the scammers, but mostly to those vulnerable to being scammed. Share this piece, spread it around. Yeah, go ahead, maybe…
Read MoreWhen Lonely Can Be Dangerous
When Lonely Can Be Dangerous Yikes, I thought I had a LITTLE bit of savvy. Think again. I guess I will talk about the loneliness first. As the mourning over my loss eases, I find myself feeling pummeled by another flavor of the grief process. An intense yearning for companionship, which is frequently difficult to…
Read MoreVisit To 9/11 Memorial In Manhattan, NYC
I am not sure how I got a second wind, but I did. It was a long day, which started out with catching a 9:23 train from New Haven, Connecticut which arrived in Manhattan about two hours later. I left plenty of time in case the train was late, so I would have time to get…
Read MoreMusings On Therapy, Buddhism
This is going to come out fast and furious so I can remember as much as possible of what I just wrote and lost. Brat, and Emilee would have called you a brat… I call you a B.R.A.T. Not dismissing the P’s too quickly…the three P’s (Martin Seligman, psychologist, the three P’s…permanence, pervasiveness, personalization, easy…
Read MoreA Town Gathers After Ten Year Old Dies
Vigil on the Green (The evening of July 9, 2017) Oh, I know many people will write about this, and the reporters will do their stories. But for me, I need to put my two cents down on paper, although, with a paucity of coins these days, and with inflation, it is probably more like…
Read MoreA Good Book Review of “Option B”
There are a whole bunch of books on grief and grief process…. Also, the CEO of facebook lost her husband suddenly 2 years ago and wrote a book about it, title is Option B. Sheryl Sandberg . Look at this review of it…. https://qz.com/964570/review-sheryl-sandbergs-death-through-an-intimate-guide-to-grief/ The review itself is a good discussion of grief processing,…
Read MoreMy Hibiscus – Metaphor of Loss And Life, and Cancer
Life Lessons and My Poor Hibiscus My HIBISCUS ….. I did everything I could…. and it still died (or, someone said to cut it waaaaay back and it might show regrowth from the base…at this point…I question that, although it sounds verrrry metaphorical which I like)… there is something so sad about this…and then…there is…
Read MoreGrief and Guilt, Joy, Being Alone and Enjoying Oneself
So, are you saying you are glad to be by yourself…glad to be alone, glad to not have to always be considering the person you are married to, in a relationship with, glad to be able to do what YOU want, when you want, how you want? I just want to make sure I am…
Read MoreGrief …Confrontation and Vulnerability
My part of a conversation: Again, I am just using my imagination when I say…. I imagine that your friend you spoke of, she is able to listen. That is a true treasure. Most people are not great listeners, and are tooooo quick to react or give their opinion. Listening is a true art that…
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