by Pennie Nichols | Aug 27, 2022 | Death and Dying, Essays, Family and Friends
I doubt that grief has a one-size-fits-all strategy. The best I can do as I find my way through this darkness is give myself and others grace as we muddy this first set of holidays and memories with our awkward steps (and missteps) through them.
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by Pennie Nichols | May 27, 2022 | Alzheimer's Essays, Family and Friends
For these eight days away from home at home, mom has been whole. For me, anyway. I close my eyes and I see her through my front window. She’s weeding the walkway to my porch.
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by Pennie Nichols | May 18, 2022 | Essays, Family and Friends
Some mornings I stand on the edge of a steep knowing, a transformational space of understanding, embracing the brilliance that opens infinitely before me. Others, the land is flat beneath my feet, the same as it always was, closed off from the mystery beyond by a patch of trees, shadows, confusion. I’m fine and I’m falling apart. These are both true.
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by Pennie Nichols | Oct 11, 2021 | Alzheimer's Essays, Family and Friends
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by Pennie Nichols | Sep 1, 2021 | Family and Friends
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by Pennie Nichols | Aug 9, 2021 | Family and Friends
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