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MK on my mind…. “Just when I thought I had love figured out, you come waltzing in casting doubt. Now I’m crazy, and acting like a fool. Lately I’m so distracted over you.” Darden Smith I’ve always appreciated the above lyrics by Darden Smith because they perfectly capture how I felt being in love with […]
A Hole in my Soul…. The emptiness remains. The hurt unrelenting. My emotions turbulent. Four years today and I’m still reeling. Left nursing a jagged hole in my soul. The midnight we lost MK to her brain cancer was undoubtedly the worse night of our lives. I can only hope nothing ever comes closer to, […]
Oh how I wish it was possible to live a life with no regrets. I love the light pictured above and bought it understanding its message, but for me its been an impossible achievement. Perhaps Paul Anka, when he penned My Way, was more accurate saying “Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again too […]
Back in 1984, Jennifer Rush first sang The Power of Love, the now well known and often covered rock-ballad. A smash hit across all of Europe it gained little traction in the States not even making it into the Top 50 here. This, in spite of her singing it on both The Tonight Show Starring […]
Gear Shifting: Bromides In my first shift, while introducing some of the most important lessons I learned during the years of MK’s illness, one stuck out as demanding my early attention. I call this lesson The Bullshit of Bromides. As a caregiver there were several of these Pablumesque pieces of supposed advice, which caused me […]
Gear Shifting I believe I’m ready. While I‘ve always felt strong enough to write about many of the times MK and I shared during our healthy lives, I’ve pretty much avoided talking about the ménage à trois that was our lives once brain cancer joined us. Now, armed tonight with a delicious glass of 2011 […]