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Remembering Allan
I woke up around 5 AM this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. My thoughts wandered to the day ahead, knowing that it marks the one-year anniversary of Allan’s homegoing. I rolled over and tried to make myself return to sleep and in the hour or so I had remaining before my alarm went off I dreamed of my husband. Since his exit from this world, I’ve only had a handful of dreams about him, most of which I didn’t remember after waking. But this morning the dream was very real and when I woke up in tears I was able to remember most of the dream. I’ll recount part of it here, but only those who know and understand the culture of Teen…
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A Tribute to My Jessie
My heart hurts today. I’ve shed more tears than I have in awhile and as every memory sweeps over me the tears just flood again. Saying goodby to my Jessie girl was more difficult than I could have imagined. She’s been with me since she was four months old. She would have been eight years old this coming January, but her medical issues have continued to climb and finally reached a point where I couldn’t care for her. Between the seizures, all the medications, and even her blindness, she has been faithful to hold her own. When the blood test on her medications came back this past Saturday showing her in toxic levels and at risk for liver failure, I had to seriously consider…