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 | 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...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 17, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
Recently I had lunch with an old friend whose dad passed away five years ago. His parents lived in a house in a small town in the Midwest for many years, and she is struggling with her “recovery”, her moving forward, after losing her long time...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 15, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
One of the things I have learned through this journey called life is that there is an amazingly fine line between holding on to things that hold good memories and being a hoarder. When my father passed away over thirty years ago, while we had always considered my...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 12, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
This past week I went “home” to Sarasota. We had lived there for fifteen years before moving to Tennessee together to semi-retire. It was the first time I had really gone anywhere without my beloved Tom (other than moving out west) and I traveled with a...