Bereaved and Blessed

6 min read 2022-06-18 03:14:48

Putting it Together

“Bit by bit, putting it together…” ~ Stephen Sondheim On this day last year, June 17th, two weeks before my dad died, I spent about six hours

2 min read 2022-06-03 17:42:35

One year ago today began the last four weeks of my father’s life, though we didn’t know that at the time. It began with a phone call from my mom

6 min read 2022-04-18 00:10:18

14 years have now come and gone since we last held you in our arms. 14 years since I carried you, you were born, and, soon afterwards, you died. And

1 min read 2022-04-10 17:24:49

15 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Holy cow! That feels like a big milestone. On past blogoversaries I have shared things

5 min read 2022-04-01 20:00:06

Today was our day. At least, it was our day since I was in high school, in the early 1990’s. It began with you waking me up early on an April 1st,

4 min read 2022-02-13 01:43:36

I woke up this morning around 3:30 a.m., as I often do, to go to the bathroom. As I was rousing to get out of bed, I realized that I had been

9 min read 2022-01-20 12:21:19

Every morning when my dad’s alarm went off on his iPhone, he was awakened by The Rolling Stones singing one of his all time favorite songs, “You

30 min read 2022-01-01 10:00:18

10 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers

1 min read 2021-10-03 05:55:19

18!!! How is that possible?! It is such an exciting milestone, that also carries with it much responsibility. Which is reminiscent of a famous quote,

1 min read 2021-09-18 02:17:05

If ever there was a year where it seems like I blinked and it was your birthday again, it might be this one. In some ways it feels as if you just

1 min read 2021-08-07 23:18:00

When my mom and dad had their first child, my older sister Meg, in July 1970, my maternal grandparents offered to gift them a framed fine art print

1 min read 2021-07-23 00:47:00

As I shared in my last post, three weeks ago today (Thursday, July 1, 2020) my Dad died unexpectedly. On Saturday, July 10, 2020, we had his funeral

1 min read 2021-07-16 07:51:21

There is no easy way to share this news… Two weeks ago tonight, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, my beloved dad, Kevin Howard Axe, died unexpectedly. Dad

9 min read 2021-04-17 22:03:00

Happy 13th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Today you would be 13, a teenager. I’ve been struggling to write this for so many reasons. This week

1 min read 2021-04-11 00:36:47

14 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and nine