In the years between when my mom got sick and when she died, we did the best that we could for holidays. On Mother’s Day I would usually get takeout from somewhere and bring it over to her house along with a dessert. After her diagnosis, dinners became intense and were usually over pretty quick. …
Five weeks into this project and I am already slacking with missing a post. The stretch from the last week of January/first week of February was a difficult one. The end of my November-January “busy season” is always a challenge. Add in having to close out the month on Friday, Jan 31st and my brain …
Jeryl was one of my mom’s best friends. I don’t know when exactly they met or how their friendship began, but, I cannot remember a time in my life where Jeryl or Randy (her husband) were not around. When my mom got sick, Jeryl was one of the few people that my dad felt comfortable …