The Tote
For three and a half years I took Joe to doctors’ offices, labs, chemo infusion centers, rehab centers, and sometimes hospitals. Every...
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Lori
- Jun 22, 2018
- 1 min
Around the Bend
My friend Jill Crawley, who is an artist, recently surprised me with a wonderful gift. It is a painting based on a photo of Joe that I...
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Lori
- Jun 13, 2018
- 2 min
Hearing From God
Joe, like most of us, sometimes had trouble discerning God’s voice amidst all the noise and stress of life. Between work commitments,...
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Lori
- May 23, 2018
- 1 min
Six Months In (The Dull Ache)
It’s always there, in the pit of my stomach. A dull ache that sometimes hides in the background of life, and sometimes clearly makes its...
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Lori
- May 10, 2018
- 3 min
Aphasia
Aphasia: an impairment of language, affecting speech and the ability to read or write. (aphasia. org) It was the weirdest thing. I went...
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Lori
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
Dealing with Regret
Regret is an insidious companion. It brings deep pain and unnecessary guilt. I am learning I can generally shut it down with facts. (And...
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Lori
- Mar 19, 2018
- 2 min
On suffering and sadness
The rain is falling all around It falls on field and tree It rains on the umbrellas here And on the ships at sea. In all likelihood...
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Lori
- Mar 4, 2018
- 2 min
No Complaints
I can’t remember ever hearing Joe complain. About anything. It’s possible I’m forgetting, but I’m pretty sure he was just one of those...
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Lori
- Feb 20, 2018
- 2 min
Sisters
When my children were very young I began praying almost daily that they would be friends with each other. I would tell them: “other...
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Lori
- Feb 4, 2018
- 1 min
The Last Time
One of the hardest things in my grief process is this: I wish I had been aware of the “last times”. Wish I had known at the time, this is...
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Lori
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min
Peace
I just finished reading A Grief Observed by C.S. (Jack) Lewis, the journal he kept just after his beloved wife Joy died. In the beginning...
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Lori
- Jan 25, 2018
- 2 min
Tree
For several years this tree was in Joe’s room, and it flourished there by a sunny window. Early in 2014, for some mysterious reason, he...
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Lori
- Jan 15, 2018
- 2 min
Pie
Joe loved food. I mean, he REALLY loved it. I think maybe food was his love language—the one Gary Chapman forgot to mention in his book....
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Lori
- Jan 9, 2018
- 1 min
It's a Bourne Day
Joe didn’t watch much TV, but he really liked the Jason Bourne movies, as do I. Once or twice a year we would work through all four of...
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Lori
- Jan 1, 2018
- 2 min
Word of the Year
Since you are reading this, you most likely already know that Joe had brain cancer for over three years before he passed away on...
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