Category: Grief and Loss
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It’s Just a Song.. I know.
There’s a Ray Charles song that I can remember my grandmother singing when I was a girl. Everytime I hear it, I can picture her singing it – it is so vivid I can remember…
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How To Tell The Little Ones
My kids were close to our friend Will, who died this past weekend. He was young and interesting – he made art that my son found fascinating. My son and Will both shared a…
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Helping My Daughter Say Goodbye To An Old Friend, “Bear.”
When my daughter first met Bear she was only a few months old. Although my wife and I called him Bear from the beginning, he was known as “mnguh” by my daughter. This was…
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All Hail the Queen: Remembering Coretta Scott King
The first time I heard her name, I was a scrawny seven year old army brat knee deep in red Georgia clay…. I can remember that summer, days before I began second grade. The…