by Betsy Dane | Jul 28, 2021 | Grief, Moving On in Life, Rambling, This and That
In the movie “The Bucket List,” Jack Nicholson’s character, Edward Cole, uses the phrase “like smoke through a keyhole” to describe how quickly a life passes. This is not meant to be a morbid concept, but rather a reminder that we should...
by Betsy Dane | Mar 17, 2021 | Grief, Moving On in Life, This and That
It has been a long time coming, but I have finally put pen to “paper” once again as I have reflected on the past months. And, as I face the third anniversary of losing my Tom (how is that even possible?), I am forced once again to consider how grief will...
by Betsy Dane | Oct 28, 2020 | Current Affairs, This and That
Two years ago yesterday, an armed gunman, a 46-year old homegrown terrorist from the Pittsburgh suburbs, burst into the morning Sabbath services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Armed with a Colt AR-15 and three...
by Betsy Dane | Sep 11, 2020 | Change, Current Affairs, This and That
I can’t believe that today marks nineteen years that my Tom and I were standing in the driveway of our new house in Sarasota – we had moved there from New York only eight or so days prior. We had no TV, our little girls had just started elementary school. We...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 5, 2020 | Grief, Moving On in Life, Rambling, This and That
OK, so maybe legally that is what I am…and it is the box I have to check on forms at the doctor’s office or on a credit application for “marital status”. But I really HATE the word. Interestingly enough, I decided to see why I maintained such...