Category: Death, Mourning

  • Happy Mother’s Day

    A mother’s kiss can make an owie go away. A mother’s homemade soup can cure the flu. A mother’s hug can make all the cares in the world disappear. I miss that.

  • Horrible Way to Start the Day

    I had a rather disturbing thing happen on the way to work and quite frankly it was a horrible way to start my day. I was speeding along the turnpike as usual when up ahead I spotted a little groundhog trying his hardest to make it across the road. He got across the first lane…

  • Hair Cuts

    Mom has been gone for over a year now…still hard to believe she is gone. Still every time I get a hair cut and walk into the house or visit her grave, I half expect to her in a disappointed tone, “You’ve cut your hair again.” That was our normal greeting every single time I…

  • Decoration Day

    My grandfather used to call Memorial Day, Decoration Day. It was the day they would go to the cemetery and decorate the graves of the service men and other family members. So I thought I would wish everyone out there a happy Decoration Day and hop that you took some time out today to remember…

  • Pet Cemetery Makes It To Top Ten Places of Rest List

    The Hartsdale Pet Cemetery near New York City has made it to the Top 10 Places of Rest list “alongside the Taj Mahal in India and the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt” according to ZooToo Pet News website. Lonely Planet published the list in their book 2009 Best of Travel (I assume it is…

  • Tomorrow Will Be One Month

    It has been a month since Mom’s funeral. It is kind of hard to believe it has been that long already. I know it will take time. I don’t know how I did it, but I got back to work the following week. Tried to keep myself busy. Tried to be there for Dad and…

  • Danger Will Robinson The Man Inside the Robot is Dead

    Bob May, the man who fit inside the B9 Robot of Lost in Space fame has passed. He died January 18th. He was only 69. According to the WashingtonPost.com, “May died Sunday of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Lancaster, said his daughter, Deborah May.” He will be greatly missed by fans. Stop by…

  • Khaaaaaaan

    Ricardo Montalban passed away. He died January 14, 2009. As posted over at the Huffington Post, he is often remembered by things like: “Fine Corinthian leather,” Khan and, “Smiles, everyone, smiles.” The “Fine Corinthian leather” dates us all. Perhaps the younger generation better remembers him saying “carne asada” in a Taco Bell commercial a few…

  • I Want It Wednesday: Nightmare to be Over

    I want to wake up from this nightmare and still have my mom. I know she is in a better place but I miss her terribly. There is just so much I did not get to tell her, or do with her, or learn from her. I miss her. I will return to my normal…

  • Hospital Horrors

    I had to go to the hospital for tests (more ultrasounds on my legs because of the accident) the Friday after mom’s funeral. It was hard enough going back into a hospital only days after my mother just died in one, but given the reception (or lack there of) at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Reading…

  • Mom’s Funeral Service

    We got to the church early, but Mom’s oldest sister had already beat us there. I asked the service director to take photos of the flowers but could not bring myself to take them or to have him take any of Mom. (I know this is odd coming from someone, whose family, Dad’s side, does…

  • Tonights the Family Viewing

    I woke up feeling worse and with white spots in the back of my throat so I called the doctor and made an appointment, even though my preferred physician was not available. They did a culture and I was told I did not have strep throat. Good not contagious. But I did have to go…