This poem “The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski read by Tom Waits is perfection. Three days into the new year…
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Liam Neeson invited me to hang out with him last night in a NYC hotel room. So I did. We sat around talking about coping with grief Liam Neeson-style. We discovered we are kindred souls, Liam and I. Nobody understands this kind of loss unless they’ve been through it, he said. Liam told me he […]
If Scott were alive he would have had me write an essay…
…”As noted bereavement therapist, Peter Lynch, MSW, said at an annual Holiday Service of Remembrance, referring to the many feelings associated with grief, “The only way through it is through it.” …
…Just like Liam Neeson, I’m getting good at surfing that wave along with all the other human beings who have had someone they love “Taken” from them. I’m calling on my Inner Action Hero to propel me forward…
Much like the picture above where we only see his leg at the bow of the canoe, I know that Scott is off-camera somewhere, floating as if on the water. I’m floating, too.
…My goal is to fill in some of the gaps and give a full telling of the story that was told in real time throughout…
For his 60th birthday in February 2011, Scott had first planned for us to celebrate in India. He always celebrated birthdays but “big birthdays” required advance planning, and this one he was planning two years ahead. We …
A couple of months ago, I reached out with Scott’s story to an author who wrote a book I am reading called To The Last Breath. He wrote about us on Huffington Post. Our blog surpassed 1550 readers today, too. The ever widening circles on this wheel of life continue to amaze and inspire us.
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