memoriam – modern vintage ink

Nineteen years later

This poem is dedicated to
my mother Lucy,
who lives forever in my heart.

remembering mama

I strongly suspect Mom single-handedly supported Hallmark during the late 70s and 80s.

The Greatest Life is the One You Choose to Live

Life and death anniversaries have become my totems.

the bittersweet truth of my sorrow

i almost forgot. but then, on the way home from a late yoga class, crossing the street admiring the barren trees casting shadows on the sidewalk everything flooded back. i remembered it was this night. i wish i could tell my friends, those who are just now experiencing the loss of a parent that every yearContinue reading “the bittersweet truth of my sorrow”