Tag: grief

• What is this feeling?

  I was sitting here, late this Saturday evening, rethinking the day I’ve had. My siblings and I all gathered at Mom’s – to collect some stuff, talk about a few things, and eventually meet with my Dad and step-Mom to celebrate my step-Mom’s 70th birthday. All went well. It was a good day. Yesterday, I…

  Corrie

  January 10, 2026

  Blog, Memories

  family, grief, life, love, Memories, mom, mother-daughter, mothers, Writing

• One month…

  I am not usually one to commiserate things like loss. When something is done, it is done and I try to move forward. While I celebrate birthdays and wedding anniversaries, once you’ve past childhood, only major milestones are really celebrated, and at that, only with the smallest of fanfare. We had a small party for…

  Corrie

  December 23, 2025

  Blog, depression, Memories

  death, family, grief, life, loss, love, Memories, mental health, mother-daughter, mothers, Writing

• The day my mother died…

  No, this isn’t the song about The Day the Music Died, although she liked that song & she liked Buddy Holly. She did sport a beehive and had black rimmed cat glasses at one point in time (I’ll get the pictures and share them at a later date), she was in her late seventies, she…

  Corrie

  November 27, 2025

  Blog, depression, gratitude, Memories

  cancer, death, dying, family, gratitude, grief, health, life, love, Memories, mother-daughter, mothers, University of Alberta Hospital, Writing