Posts Tagged ‘grief’
A song to the stars
I awoke long before dawn today, feeling lonely and melancholic, so I went to my bookshelf in search of solace. My bookshelf doesn’t hold books, so much as cherished memories: Most of the books I own were gifts from friends. Today I picked up Karsten Heuer’s Being Caribou, a birthday present from my dear friend […]
Filed under: Friends and family, Minnesota, On this day in history, Psychology | 8 Comments
Tags: Being Caribou, Christmas, German, grief, Jim, loss, truce, World War i
Sweet dreams, sweet Karma …
I cried when I read my friend Connie’s email: I’m sorry to report that Karma has been very sick for the last couple of weeks. X-rays revealed that her heart is very enlarged and is pressing on her windpipe, but new x-rays taken today show some suspicious stuff going on in the inside. Things she […]
Filed under: Friends and family, Minnesota, On this day in history, Psychology | 1 Comment
Tags: dog's life, dogs, euthanasia, grief, Karma, postaday2011
Goodnight, sweet prince
“Goodnight, sweet prince.” Those were the last words I said to my beloved dog, Arrow, as he lay dying. And those were among the first words that came to mind tonight when I saw my friend Norine’s message: “I don’t know how to tell you … Mica’s gone.” Mica was one of a kind. He […]
Filed under: Friends and family, Minnesota, On this day in history, Psychology, Random thoughts | 9 Comments
Tags: Arrow, dog's life, grief, Mica, Norine, pet loss, postaday2011, Psychology
I need brain surgery? Really?!
This is one in a series of occasional posts about life with a brain tumor. If you’re new to HeatherBlog, welcome! You can get the full story here. I had a follow-up MRI a couple of weeks ago. And a few days ago, I got a call from my neurosurgeon’s nurse. “No significant progression,” she […]
Filed under: Brain tumor, Psychology | 1 Comment
Tags: astrocytoma, brain surgery, Brain tumor, craniotomy, Elizabeth Kubler Ross, grief
