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Category: Family
Grace and grief on the balance
A Sister’s Journey Through Loss, Love and the Healing Power of Faith When life ends unexpectedly, regrets echo louder than words. My sister Irma left this earth in a flash. No goodbye. No warning. No chance to say the things that matter. Almost forty years have passed one November day, yet her absence still catches…
How dementia ravaged my mother’s life with joy
In 2015, as my mother’s health deteriorated, she moved to a nursing home due to dementia, requiring full-time care. During her decline, I dreamt of a cracked dinner plate, symbolizing her fragility and altered state yet retaining purpose like her continued joy and presence despite her condition. Her life, filled with service and joy, adapted to its new constraints until her passing, reminding us that joy and purpose persist in the face of life’s cracks.
Twelve days before Christmas the unexpected happened
A Thursday, twelve days before Christmas, turned to be the most memorable one, and unexpected. Not an ordinary day! After his morning coffee and porridge, Dad seemed in a hurry to leave the house. “Where are you going?” Mom asked. “To Bay Street to buy the newspaper.” So, with that, he took off. There was…
Mom’s story of the rhinestone hat
Mom’s missing rhinestone hat. Mom wore many hats to manage her household. She had this quirky sense of fashion, and often wore the funniest and funkiest hats, colors didn’t matter or whether they were men’s caps or even kids’ hats. She loved hats, not the fancy ones, mostly plain caps. One particular white hat had…
