Tag Archives: GRIEF RELATED

I STILL REMEMBER THE LAUGHTER WE SHARED

Today, the new person that I am had an adventure. I am please to share that I had a joyful memory that reminded me of my youth. I felt like I was twenty years old again! At dinner tonight, my husband and family regaled in hearing me describe today’s adventure. I am proud to say I went on a “mushroom hunting expedition,” and I am still alive after eating those delicious Chanterelles!
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WE BOTH CRIED FOR OUR SUFFERING

Today, I comforted my mother. Her tears were from feeling uncared about and from her confusion. Still, today held many moments that represented healing and improvement for my mom.
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LAUGHTER AND TEARS – PART 1

My music is a form of expression that is not about creating a “hit” or contemporary song. I believe that all of my songs are a musical about my life. I do want them to be relatable, but my purpose is to express emotion with lyrics and music that connect to my soul. I have been slowly allowing another song to emerge from the “musical seeds” composed during my youth. I decided something could develop from a haunting, chord progression I composed when I was eighteen. The melody was far too high, and when I transposed the chords – I could see the song would work. Continue reading

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A SOMBER, GRAY SKY DARKENS ABOVE

When I was suffering with grief, I didn’t want to hear whether anything “good” came out of a child’s death. At that moment in time, all I wanted was for him to come back to life! Feeling that something “purposeful” could come out of his death would be to acknowledge something selfish. I didn’t want to there to be any purpose or benefit to his death! It was inconceivable. Continue reading

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