tjsthings

  • Life goes on.

    Everything looks better after a bit of sleep. My mother in law is taking things well, but even taking it well is a process. I mean after spending 40 years with somebody and they are gone, even after a long illness, has got to be an adjustment. And even though she’s spent lots of time… Read more


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  • Irreplaceable

    My husband’s father died Saturday evening. The last time he saw his son, he did his level best to act a pure ass. His son, who had left his wife in her ninth month of pregnancy on the other side of the world to come see him. To come speak to him. To maybe put… Read more


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  • How about I go to bed and start over.

    Have you ever had one of those days that seemed to feel like a week had passed by in 24 hours, emotionally and physically? I’m there right now, and I think I’ll be there for the next twelve hours or so. Maybe I’ll write about it once it’s over and I’ve slept. I’m still thankful,… Read more


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  • Next.

    “He is no more.” That’s how my husband told me that his father had died. The doctors did all they could to make him comfortable and he was talking and coherent until the end, but he asked them to sit him up and then he died. I feel really bad for my mother in law.… Read more


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