I have a love-hate relationship with ritual. I usually love the first couple of times through something, but then I end up hating too much repetition. How many times will I sing “Merry Month of May” in my life? I’ve already lost track, and we have six more years! The May Day festival at my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Grief’
May Day!
Posted in Cooking, Grief, Holidays, May Day, Mourning, Moving On, Uncategorized, tagged Grief, May Day, Nostalgia, Waldorf Education on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Final Distribution
Posted in Grief, Moving On, tagged Grief, Moving Onward on July 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was plowing through the fourteen inch stack of mail on my desk when I came across an envelope from the attorney my brother used to get through Mom’s estate stuff. A few months ago, I marked the third anniversary of her death in this blog in Marking Time. Anyone who’s had a close relative die [...]
Marking Time
Posted in Grief, May Day, Mourning, Moving On, tagged Grief, May Day, Mourning, Moving Onward, Waldorf Education on May 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I remember when Bill and I figured out our wedding date and called relatives to let them know. My Aunt M. was angry because we chose to have it on June 24th. She said, “Oh, you can’t have it on that day! That’s the day daddy died.” I was sort of surprised that she would [...]

