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How many drive the car they drive to impress others? Or wear certain clothes to attract attention? Or cut their hair just to entice a mate? Who in this world bases each action or decision on the...
View ArticleHappy Today
Brad, Jim and Frances celebrating Jim’s 53rd birthday. April 2015. It sounds so easy. Take your loved one to a place that promises to watch them and care for them and allows you to go home and relax...
View ArticleThe Next Phase is Here.
I have started and stopped this writing numerous times. Too many to count. I’ve, no, WE’VE all known it was coming for a long time, but we didn’t talk about it. We hemmed and hawed and left it unspoken...
View ArticleAlone
Frances, me and Brad getting ready to leave family camp. Aug 2015. In the middle of the night I reached out, my legs stretching to a cooler feel of sheets only to find an empty bed. An empty space that...
View ArticleNap Time
I have nothing. Nothing to say. Nothing to feel. Nothing to do. I am numb. I am going through motions and I am doing the obligatory foot in front of another, but the reality is I am dazed, confused and...
View ArticleA Day In The Life
Yesterday was just another day in the saga of our family. Saga. Our children’s childhood is a saga… Morning started off great. Got Frances to school on time. Brad to the counselor a few minutes early....
View ArticlePhantom Lover
I’m in love with a man who cannot love me back. I think of him all day, every day of every week of every month. From my first moments lying in bed in the morning until my last tired thoughts trying to...
View ArticleAnd the Grief Goes On
Visiting Jim at his new home. October 2015. There is a time in everyone’s life where you learn who you are and transform into the person you were always meant to be. Welcome to my time. I am...
View ArticleSorrows Under the Mistletoe
Brad putting on the angel. Dec. 2015. My heart is heavy. My mind is scrambled. My energy wanes day to day. My world is spinning out of control with a speed and slowness that are confusing and...
View ArticleUsed to be Mine
http://missingjim.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-She-Used-to-Be-Mine.m4a While listening to this song by Sara Bareilles (I am a musical emotional hostage on many occasions) I realized something: I...
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