One snowy Christmas Eve in 1958, was the most magical of all. It was the year my dad found an elf in the road, covered in snow. He was driving home from work late when he thought he saw something in the road ahead. When he stopped the truck, he was speechless. A two-foot elf looked up…
What Do You Give Someone Who Has Everything This Year?
When my mother turned sixty, she decided she didn’t need gifts anymore. She had everything she ever needed. If we pushed for suggestions for birthdays and holidays, her response was always, “Oh just some inexpensive earrings would be great. I don’t need a thing, really,” she’d profess. “Save your money!” For years I searched…
Holidays Aren’t Happy for Everyone
The song, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, still makes me cry. There are so many people I love, who are in Heaven, who won’t be coming home for Christmas. The advertisers make the holiday celebrations appear so jolly. People shopping, carrying bags of gifts all wrapped up, sometimes there’s even snow and the people are…
Grief Relief
When someone you love passes away, grief can become a heavy cloud that darkens every day. It zaps your energy and leaves one feeling desolate. The mind can’t fathom the fact that their loved one is gone. I am still only convinced ninety percent that my sister-in-law is no longer here. I can’t get to…
Our Robert De Niro
When we make breakfast on the hospice floor at the Bay Pines VA Hospital, we meet all sorts of people. Most people think hospice must be a very sad floor, but there is so much humor there, in between the sadness. I have fond memories of quite a few patients and their families. One of…
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