Dear Elizabeth, it’s your 24th birthday, and you’re not here, and you’re very much here. I didn’t know exactly how I wanted to spend the day, but I knew I wanted to do some ritual to honor you, and also something to nurture myself, some way of tending to my body – my “flesh and […]
Read moreNPR Interview – “Voices for the Cure”
A quick note: I was interviewed for our local NPR station about losing Elizabeth, and our journey with cancer and death. It airs today, January 10 at 6pm, Arizona time, and tomorrow, January 11 at 5pm. If you’re in Tucson, Arizona, you can listen live at 89.1, or stream it here wherever you are: https://radio.azpm.org/kuaz/ […]
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Gratitude and Clearing Out
I had a wonderful end of 2013, with my 50th birthday spent with my closest family and a good friend, with delicious food, the people I love the most (most of them anyway), and even time on the beach in California! It was a perfect day. Except, of course, that Elizabeth wasn’t there, though I […]
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