rest in peace

R.I.P. Bestie

Nov 6, 2024

2024

beating, bestie, change, competing, false-idol, flaming-pyre, girl, good-bye, happiness, heart, life, moving on, peace, rest in peace, tippy-top, tough, used-to-be, viking-funeral, writing

Rest in peace, bestie who I believed you to be. Rest in peace, the oldest, dearest part of me. Rest in peace, that child who felt she was never enough; Rest in peace, little one, I know it’s been rough. Rest in peace to the girl who always felt judged, who didn’t really lie about…
Dying

Nov 24, 2019

Life, Death and Everything in Between, Uncategorized

cats, daughter, dear friend, death, devastated, died unexpectedly, dying, freed, friend, Heaven, Henry Van Dyke, journey, karmic, long life, loss, love, magic, mercy, miracles, no pain, reconcile, rest in peace, Roman Catholic, sheds this mortal coil, sister, Taylor Swift

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come…
Father’s Day

Jun 16, 2019

Uncategorized

AA, alcoholism, career, computers, Dad, data entry, demons, downtown, faith in God, Father’s Day, full potential, God, jobs, July 2012, large family, legacy, love, lung cancer, mental illness, mentor, my dad, one-on-one time, praise, realize your potential, recovery, repost, rest in peace, sheer force of will, sobriety, work ethic

He showed me the ugly, brutal attack of the soul that addiction and mental illness brings to a person, a family, a father. He also showed me a resolve of steel and a focus so laser sharp, it sliced through doubt and despair.

rest in peace

R.I.P. Bestie

Dying

Father’s Day