Baking cookies
I thought a lot about my mom today. Julie and her friend were talking about something that happened a few years ago, and they couldn’t remember what year it occurred. I said “well that was before my mom passed away, so it was early 2005.” It was strange how normal that statement felt to me. […]
Dealing with bad news
There was an article in the WSJ this morning about supporting loved ones when they find out they have cancer. I immediately had opinions on the article because I remember my own experience very clearly with my mom. I remember cleaning out my college apartment when she called me to give me the news, and […]
Happy Birthday Mom
(from my trip last weekend to Deep Creek Lake, MD) So my mom would have turned 55 today. It’s hard to believe a 3rd birthday has passed since her death. I definitely do miss her everyday, but it’s strange how life goes on. It is so weird to see all the cards and letters I […]
Simply Amazing
I remembered today sort of randomly Steve Jobs 2005 commencement speech at Stanford, and how much I used to love reading it. My mom also loved reading it, and she actually had a print out that she read from the last few months of her life. She loved that speech. I did, and still do. […]
My mom
Wow after crying my eyes out and writing a long reflective post about my mom, and the one year anniversary of her passing…my firefox (foxfire as she called it) froze thus erasing everything I wrote. So I’m afraid to say I have no energy at this point to write the post again. I can’t believe […]
One year later
We recently just passed the 1 year anniversary of one of the harder moments of my life. A year ago this past weekend while driving up to spend the weekend at Lake Erie with Julie and her parents I received the most difficult phone call of my life.
Go Fearless
What are you so afraid of? What is holding you back from having and doing exactly what you want? Why are you so stuck on the idea that it HAS to be this way, or HAS to be that way? These are questions that I ask myself a lot, and other people. Why is it […]
birthday
So yesterday was my birthday (june 16th), and I have to say it was not really a day I wanted to face. I feared it because I knew it would be hard, sad, and frustrating…It was. I couldn’t and can’t help but feel cheated and frustrated to come through this 25th birthday without my mother […]
the only thing that matters is you
In an attempt to slowly move forward, my sister, tom (tom thankfully has been doing this for Andrea and I when we were unable) and I are trying to clear away some of my mom’s clothing. It’s incredibly difficult to see these items that are obvious remnants of a healthy happy past. Many of the […]
Lessons from Chapelle
I really enjoyed watching Dave Chapelle on Inside the Actor’s Studio tonight on Bravo. I really like him, not just because he is one of the funniest people on the planet, but he really seems like a geniunely good person. There were a few things he said tonight that really hit home with me.