Hello my fellow Wax Porhetoricians (Hm, I still need to think of a good name for us, don’t I? Feel free to leave some suggestions). A few days ago I was rearin’ to write as my mind was spinning with all sorts of goodness. Then, as things tend to happen in our crazy modern lifestyle, I let time pass as
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Almost Six Months It’s been almost six months since my mother passed away. I can honestly say this is by far the hardest thing that I have ever gone through. I’m coping, I’m managing, but understandably I still have my moments. I feel very fortunate to have a very loving family and a very great group of supportive friends that
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It’s been nearly three weeks now since my mother passed away from pancreatic cancer. In that time I’ve come to experience a variety of things, felt a myriad of emotions, and pondered life from a variety of angles. Three weeks after, here are some of the things that I’ve found. You will go through a variety of emotions Everything and
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My last post had me rambling on how I was at peace with my mother’s condition and my words with her that day. Interesting timing of that post given that she passed away later that night in a peaceful and dignified way. I had a feeling that it was going to be the day and that’s why I was so
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I’ve been spending every day at hospice to see my mother. Not wanting to miss a moment of time with her, not wanting to have any regrets of “I wish I would have told her this” or “I should have said that” after she’s gone, I’ve been by her side daily telling her I love her and that I know
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My mom has taught me many lessons throughout life. Obviously when I was a young child she taught me the basics of life. However, as I got older many of the lessons that I learned from her were not “taught” per se but more of observations on my part…observations on how I should live my life in order to be
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Hello all, It is finally time for another post. I’m not holding back because I want to but rather because my time has been severely limited with the events over the past few months. When one hears that a family member and best friend have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer it tends to not only throw life in turmoil emotionally
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I’ve obviously been a bit tied up for the past couple months as my mother deals with pancreatic cancer. I just sent an email off to a friend (we call him the Egg Man) and he had asked how she was doing. I sent the following…and realized just what an inspiration this woman is. I almost wish she was a
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Hello my fellow Wax Porhetoric folks, lovers of life and pursuers of passion… I apologize for the long drought of posts. A wonderful woman currently holds my attention. This woman being my mother, my best friend. She’s recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and we’re doing what we can to keep things good with her so she can kick that
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