Tag: loss
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The Banana Counter
I had a moment today. When I was in the Sobey’s in Spruce Grove, I realized, as I stood there in the bakery department, that I hadn’t been there since before my mom died. It was her local grocery store, and the one that she preferred. It was smaller and quieter than the other stores in…
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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…
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Memory #47: Loss
When I was twenty-one, rather by accident, I was told I would never have my own children. Having gone in for something completely different, learning this news was not something I was expecting to hear. It was hurtful, sad news – I knew I wanted children, not then, but one day. That possibility had just…
The Voices In My Head 