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A New Year. Please Stop Time.
Murdock went to heaven in September 2022. Three months later, the calendar changed to 2023. That New Year’s Eve and
Christmas.
Before my first Christmas without Murdock, I had three months of waking up without him, to that deafening silence of
Tchotchke Lady.
I am a minimalist, and a picky one. If something is not nailed down, it’s bound to end up in
Thanksgiving. Just Be.
Murdock loved Thanksgiving. Well, Murdock loved turkey – I love Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday because of
You’re the Ghost.
Since Murdock left, I have collected quotes and poems as a way for me to attach words to what this
Gotcha Day.
Today is Murdock’s Gotcha Day. For the first half of his life, I had never heard the reference. Once I
Day 364. Day 366.
The one year anniversary of Murdock’s departure proved to be more difficult than I could have imagined. For many reasons,
Shock. A New Understanding.
I had always learned that shock was one of the “stages” of grief. (I don’t give much credence to grief