I often hear the Rodgers and Hammerstein song My Favorite Things around this time of year. Not sure why it’s included with Christmas...

Today I am remembering the final days of Joe’s life. We brought him home from the hospital for the last time in mid-November of 2017....

I’m sorry now that I don’t remember your name. You were on shift that day in late October when my dad, my sister, and I joined my mom...

Joe had a fun creative streak and often recorded unusual sounds to use in his music (he called it sampling). I remember one afternoon I...

August 28. Another birthday… I’m sure these special days will get easier with time, but for now they still bring a tinge of sadness, and...

For several years I came close to allowing myself the identity of “the mom whose son has brain cancer”. Then it was “the mom whose son...

The first day Joe was at UCI (the large university hospital we transferred to after a week at our small community hospital), our good...

The longer we live the more likely it is we will have a friend or family member who is grieving a great loss. What can you do to comfort...

For today’s post I thought I would feature another of Joe’s poems. I have also added it to the Poetry Page, where you can find several of...

I’ve been thinking about the second year. I’ve heard from many who have walked before me on this grief road that the second year is often...

A joyful heart is good medicine… (Proverbs 17:22) When Joe was first in the hospital in late June of 2014, even before he was diagnosed...

On November 23, 2017, Joe’s sisters lost a wonderful and faithful friend. Joe filled the gap in the seven-year age difference between...

Joe wasn’t much of an animal lover. He put up with our assorted cats and dogs over the years and was kind to them—even helped train our...

When someone you love dies, if you believe in life after death you start thinking a LOT more about heaven, and reading everything you can...

Today, is something a little different. Usually, you’ll find posts by my mom here, where she fills virtual pages with her beautiful and...

Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest… (Psalm 55:6) In the summer of 2014, we were still reeling with the...

Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest… (Psalm 55:6) In the summer of 2014, we were still reeling with the...

It has been one year since Joe left us on Thanksgiving Day 2017. Hard to believe. Memories of him flood my mind this week… Homeschooling...

In the last ten years or so of his life, Joe wrote many songs and poems, and I am so grateful for that. While going through his computer,...

Oh dear. It was right around this time last year when Joe was admitted to the hospital for the last time. I was out of town but nearby on...