Estrangement is a double edged sword and anyway you hold it, be careful because you arelikely to get hurt. Family Read, if you will, the reblogged post that speaks of a birthday celebration that took place in 2001, the year our estranged granddaughter turned 13 (pre-estrangement), just days after the 9 11 attacks. It’s aboutContinue reading “Family”
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Weekly call
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you. Burt’s daughter would call him every week. In the last year or so, when LBD distracted him from the conversation, he still smiled at the attention. She and I would then catch up. Since he’s passed, she calls me every weekend and we catchContinue reading “Weekly call”
A point of pain
You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? This prompt [above] hits a nerve in our situation. Good news would be something to share with your spouse. As would, of course, fantastic news and alas bad. The first person I would turn to would be Burt. In his fluctuating stateContinue reading “A point of pain”