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Five Months Later

My dad with younger versions of my kids

My dad passed away five months ago today. In the past five months, I have experienced loss and grief in a way that I never had before. It has been an eye-opening experience.

If you know me in real life or if you see me from day to [...]

Connecting to the Ancient World through Grief

Today’s post is part of the From Left to Write online book club. The idea of this book club is not to write a book review, per se, but rather to write a post in which the blogger connects the book to an experience from her own life. September’s book is the new biography Cleopatra: [...]

Remembering Dad

My beloved father in happier times

As some of you know, my beloved father passed away last month. He had courageously battled an extremely aggressive malignant brain tumor for 18 months before finally succumbing. Since my father’s death, heartfelt notes and tributes have poured in from all corners.  Here is a link to my father’s [...]