Despite Perils, Decide to Hope

Despite Perils, Decide to Hope

Thank you so much for your beautiful and comforting responses to my last post. I have not been able to reply to them all but have read every single message and taken solace from your kind words. You have reminded me that we all experience loss, and how that loss is deeply connected with love. […]

These sad and grateful days

Ned and Mel on their Wedding Day

In the early hours on Friday, my dear sister-in-law Mel died. The gaping holes left in our family, in Mel’s family, and especially in the lives of my brother Ned and his son Barney, are indescribable. Mel and Ned married in 2012 but she’s been a part of our family for far longer than that. […]