I looked up “postmortem” b/c I wasn’t sure what it meant exactly.  Turns out we’ve got two very appropriate definitions going on here: “discussion of an event after it has occurred” and “occurring or done after death”, so this is most definitely The Postmortem Post.  This past week was one of the most bizarre of my life.  I can’t […]

MaryAnn was… my moman incredibly dynamic womansmartan extraordinary teachera Red Hat womanfull of stories and laughtermy sister’s mother, my father’s wife and my children’s grandmastubbornall kinds of spunkyfunnycaringmy #1 cheerleadersomeone who will be incredibly missedmy mom… .

My mom is dying and was admitted to hospice care last week.  As many of you know, this is just a really hard and really sucky situation.  I figure anyway you slice it, dealing with a dying parent is flat-out awful, and losing one’s mind definitely has to be part of the grief stages.  I […]