Beckett came to me in a dream a few nights ago.  In it, Tyler and I returned to the hospital for the first time since December to withdraw support from him.  He had been there for a long time without either of us while we had decided what to do in the face of the report of […]

Do you remember Do you remember the feeling The one you had when you were young And existence was big before you I remember I remember days sprawled in the grass The day and a lifetime sprawled out ahead With nowhere to be and nothing to do A world full of color A world full […]

The past weekend was a ninety-percenter.  By that I mean, it was a really great weekend.  We joined some friends at the local drive in movie theater, which is one of our favorite summer activities.  Then the three of us got up together the next day, went to breakfast, followed by the farmers market, and spent […]

It seems that often people feel like they are floundering when it comes to talking to a person who has lost a child.  Many have reluctant words and troubled minds concerning the most taboo death existing in societies worldwide.  Still, I find it very silly to treat us like china dolls.  My experience thus far with […]