Tonight I am hoping that Mother Nature has found herself a hot boyfriend. A boyfriend who warms the cockles of her sometimes chilly heart. My thought is that her Romeo will help forward my fervent wish - that all my garden plots avoid the frost. I am terribly saddened at the thought that my beautiful back [...]
Tag: sadness
Her pediatrician…
Cheyenne has had the same pediatrician since birth. It was her pediatrician who discovered when she was just days old that she had a heart murmur that needed attention. It was her pediatrician that spent time with us through the years asking Cheyenne about what she was doing in school, what books she was reading, [...]
A community embrace…
It has been a very sad week in the West Fargo School District. The death of 17 year old Eleni Wilson from a brain aneurysm permeated the district with the somber reminder that we never know how long we have with anyone. Even though we all intellectually understand that, the loss of anyone so young is difficult to [...]
Searching for respite in sleep…
I went to bed shortly after 8 PM last night. Somehow I thought I would find respite in sleep that was free of dreams. Alas, sleep didn't come easy yesterday. I wanted to remain in bed all day after Bogie's unexpected death, but first the boys came over and then Sarah and Dusty came over [...]
Bogie loved me best.
It is a sad day here. This morning after jumping up behind me on my desk chair and giving me one of his paw over my shoulders hugs, my loyal cat Bogie went upstairs under my bed and died. I knew that something was horribly wrong about fifteen minutes after the hug when I called [...]
My favorite Lion…Lion Lyle Swor.
I was going to give an after action report of my recent trip to Maryland today and update you on the status of my luggage, but when I opened my NDSU email today I received news that preempted all of that. I received the terribly sad news that my favorite Lion, Lion Lyle Swor, passed [...]
No “apparent” injuries…
I was saddened to read the Saturday article online in The Forum about the young woman who died in an early morning car accident that occurred on icy roads. As a transplant to North Dakota and still a relative lightweight when it comes to driving in winter weather, I have a firm appreciation and healthy [...]
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