Edward Hays, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim, 2008 Relatives and friends, I am about to leave; my last breath does not say “goodbye,” for my love for you is truly timeless, beyond the touch of boney death. I leave myself not to the undertaker, for decoration in his house of the dead, but to your […]
Led by the Lord
Denise, 1998 I have waited, waited, for the Lord, and he stooped toward me and heard my cry. He drew me out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud of the swamp; he set my feet upon a crag; he made firm my steps. – Psalm 40:2-3 Many times I have felt that […]
Out of the fog of grief, an introduction
Maria, November 2019 I am Maria, freshly grieving older daughter of Denise, who passed away in November, 2019. Denise was a native New Yorker and while she raised her two daughters in Maryland, she spoke of Coney Island, the subway, the Macy’s parade, and black and white cookies with such nostalgia that I couldn’t help […]