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18 Months.
18 months ago today, the lights went out in my life. I don’t stumble (as much) as I make my

Love. An Insufficient Word.
Love. It’s the simplest of words. Just four letters, and one of the first added to our vocabulary as a child.

The Rainbow Bridge
Our beliefs about what happens to souls after they pass from this life can be a great source of comfort


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