Category Archives: Grief and Loss

Two years in

Posted on February 22, 2022 by wonkydonkey

Sometimes it feels like the last two years have flown by, and other times they seem to have lasted an eternity. It was two years ago that we lost a loved one to suicide, right at the brink of a … Continue reading →

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Stick a fork in me

Posted on May 25, 2021 by wonkydonkey

After fifteen months of madness, loss, confusion, and anger, another family member is critically ill, and I can’t help but wonder if we will lose another loved one at the end of the pandemic, as we lost one at the … Continue reading →

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Treading water

Posted on August 17, 2020 by wonkydonkey

With our state stalled in its Safe Start plan (no counties are being moved forward right now), things have just settled into this weird situation that I refuse to call “new normal”. The weather is gorgeous, and in any other … Continue reading →

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Things are just weird

Posted on May 12, 2020 by wonkydonkey

The Mr. and I are fortunate in that we have remained at our jobs through the pandemic that sent so many people to unemployment websites. My office has had to respond to a decrease in business, but we will survive … Continue reading →

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With hook and needle

Posted on April 16, 2020 by wonkydonkey

One knit blanket done and a crochet one begun! I am feeling better, more stable. Time blunts the sharp edges of grief, and there are many things in my life to be grateful for. New babies, for one. I finished … Continue reading →

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Ten days

Posted on March 3, 2020 by wonkydonkey

Pictures are hard. You want to see them, to remember, but they also make you so very sad when you think of the loved one that will no longer enjoy those things that brought him joy, no longer hear the … Continue reading →

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Plodding along

Posted on February 28, 2020 by wonkydonkey

Balanced on a cliff’s edge, we plod through the days. Most return to work because we need the routine and diversion, and of course, the income. A memorial service is planned, airfare discussed for the distant one, more gatherings in … Continue reading →

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The loss of a loved one

Posted on February 26, 2020 by wonkydonkey

Grief is a funny thing. It comes out of nowhere, after a typical Friday evening spent doing mundane things with your partner like making dinner and watching a movie and not worrying about anything really important. And then a knock … Continue reading →

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