Tag Archives: loss of parents
LEMON TREE
My story about the overgrown lemon tree in my backyard does not carry a song. It does, however, accompany a painting that I finished last week. Continue reading →
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Tagged "sandwich generation", adjusting to loss of parents, adjusting to parents' decline, Aging Parents, Caregiving, creativity, dementia, father's love, fruit painting, grief, healing from grief, heartfelt, hoarder, hoarding, hope, hope of healing, Illustration, inspiration, Judy Unger, lemon, lemon tree, loss of parents, love for father, memories, optimism, Ordinary Life, painting, photo-realism, staying positive, touching, tribute to parents, watercolor painting, writing
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In order to better deal with PSTD, I have begun to acknowledge many things that previously I have shoved back down. Continue reading →
Posted in Healing and Hope
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Tagged acknowledging grief, acknowledgment, acknowledgment of grief, acoustic guitar, adjusting to divorce, arranging music, changes in life, changing your life, childhood friendship, comforting a friend, communication, compassion, coping with divorce, discouragement, dry eye syndrome, dry eyes, escape through music, eye discomfort, eye issues, eye problems, eyesight issues, facing divorce after a long marriage, feeling numb, Friendship, gray divorce, grief, GRIEF RELATED, guitar, having hope, healing music, hiding feelings, impending divorce, inspiration, Judy Unger, loss, loss of a mom, loss of a mother, loss of parents, lovesong, lyric development, mother daughter relationship, mother dying, mother's death, mother's illness, Music, music as therapy, music therapy, musical inspiration, optimism, original songs, Post Traumatic Stress, Post traumatic stress and hypnotherapy, Post traumatic stress disorder, PSTD, releasing pain, self improvement, separation, singing, songwriting, staying hopeful, stressors, suppressing emotion, suppressing feelings, suppressing tears, understanding
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I’M CRYING WHILE I’M DREAMING
In many dreams my mother appeared to me. We were holding hands and laughing, and then suddenly she died. Each time it happened in a different way. Continue reading →
Tagged dry eyes, escape through music, eye discomfort, eye issues, eye problems, eyesight adjustment, eyesight issues, facing divorce after a long marriage, feeling numb, Friendship, friendship rifts, gray divorce, grief, GRIEF RELATED, guitar, having hope, healing music, hiding feelings, impending divorce, inspiration, Judy Unger, loss, loss of a mom, loss of a mother, loss of parents, love for a mother, lyric development, lyric writing, lyrics, mother, mother daughter relationship, mother dying, mother's death, mother's illness, Mother's love, Music, music as therapy, music therapy, musical inspiration, Northern California, not feeling, optimism, Ordinary Life, original songs, releasing pain, self improvement, separation, singing, songwriting, staying hopeful, stressors, suppressing emotion, suppressing feelings, suppressing tears, writing
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I’M NOT ALONE
I believe it’s far worse to be with someone you don’t want to be with, than to be alone! And as I’ve said before, with music I’m never alone. Continue reading →
Tagged "sandwich generation", acoustic guitar, bereaved daughter, composing, Cordoba guitar, creativity, dementia, Every Season guitar, grief, GRIEF RELATED, guitar, guitar arrangements, hard to say goodbye, I picked you up, I'm not alone, inspiration, Judy Unger, loss, loss of a mom, loss of a mother, loss of mother, loss of parents, love for a mother, lovesong, lyric development, lyric writing, lyrics, mother, mother daughter relationship, mother dying, mother's death, mother's illness, Mother's love, Music, My Song Unsung guitar, original songs, Rainbow Through My Tears guitar, singing, songwriting, The Door guitar, tribute to my mother, you picked me up when I fell down, You Were There
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