I wrote this last week after a visit to my childhood home. These are my thoughts about “loving a place.” Loving a Place “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his ownContinue reading
Tag: Loss of mother
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Thoughts About Loving a Place
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Dragonfly Pond at Little Piney
Gift from the rain: Dragonfly pond at Little Piney The rain left a gift for us at Little Piney–a beautiful pond. The pond was carved out by previous owners in a lovely curved shape, but the sandy bottom doesn’t hold water. For now, thanks to record rainfall, it’s full of water and life,Continue reading
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Grief, love and Little Piney–A Daughter’s Grief and Healing in the Lost Pines
When we lose someone we love, we grieve. The grief and healing process helps us gradually let go of the cherished relationship as we knew it and find a way to hold the loved one inside forever. I lost my mother October 7, 2014. I had been losing her to Alzheimer’s disease for theContinue reading