A few days after a person walks out of the ramshackle houses of the third world with kisses on their cheeks and singing in their ears. After they ride that big metal bird back to the first world. After they hug the kids, get a good night’s sleep in a bed that’s shaped to their… 
Posts Tagged ‘mourning’
After Poverty
Spilled Milk
The third chapter of my book is called Spilled Milk. It’s all about the second beatitude: Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted.” I’ve really struggled with this chapter, mostly with how to begin, but I think I made progress today:
I was there when she came out with her mother’s eyes… 
Dartanian Groves 1994-2006
A couple weeks ago his appetite declined, he walked gingerly and rarely, stopped cleaning himself and bristled when touched. Being twelve, a senior citizen in the cat community, we suspected whatever was wrong with him would end him.
The vet told us yesterday, after loads of tests and two different doctors, he had cancer, lymphoma. He… 


