Tag: death
member name: Linda Douglas
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November 12, 2006 12:53 PM EST --
I want to thank you for all of the prayers and offerings of love and light. My mother passed away early this morning at the hospice center in Hartford, CT. My sister and brother had spent . . .
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November 06, 2006 04:28 PM EST --
A slow waltz,
A turn here, a slide there,
A wish for the music to never end.
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August 23, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
I just got done spending three days with my mother. I hadn't seen her since Christmas and seeing her again brought home how quickly our parents can age.
My father passed away in . . .
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June 04, 2006 01:05 PM EDT --
I don't usually do this type of thing, but this reading touched me today as I sat down to do my morning chanting/meditation. I just wanted to share.
"Death will come to each of . . .
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July 29, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Free Spirit
My father's youngest brother,
same age as my mother,
handsome as a movie star
with deep brown eyes.
I adored him.
His guilt for having
poured the coffee
that spilled . . .
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May 30, 2006 08:26 PM EDT --
He had known for a while that he would be taking the trip sometime soon. He wasn't sure when. He just knew that there was no avoiding the inevitable and preparations might as well start . . .
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July 26, 2006 01:07 PM EDT --
I just spent my lunch hour reading a beautiful book of poetry. Without by Donald Hall is a heart wrenching and exquisite book that tells the story of Donald's grief at the loss of his wife, Jane . . .
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November 06, 2006 09:57 AM EST --
The Drive
It was a long drive after a long weekend. The trees had shed their leaves and reminded her that all things eventually come to an end. The winter ahead was going to be difficult. . . .
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October 29, 2006 09:33 PM EST --
Change of Seasons
Leaves dance to earth
while the wind plays
a tune through the trees.
White caps rise and fall
on Dublin Pond while
clouds scatter over head.
I smile as snow flakes
melt . . .
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February 15, 2006 09:25 PM EST --
Republish for Memorial Day
She awoke with a start just
before the alarm clock buzzed and
vibrated next to his picture
on the night stand.
She shut it off and looked at the . . .
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October 14, 2006 07:53 AM EDT --
Heading south on a brisk, bright October day
I look up and see a flock of geese flying north,
their bodies black against the clear blue sky.
It seems to be an omen. I want to stop, scream . . .
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November 06, 2006 09:25 AM EST --
Quiet Time
Some days call for quiet time
in order to boost the spirits after
facing the facts of life and death
and needing to find diversions
to end the racing mind and focus
on something that can . . .
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April 13, 2006 04:12 PM EDT --
I just finished The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue last night and was very impressed by this first novel. The story is told from the view point of a woman who lives in the "world . . .
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