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Good Grief: May 2015

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Sunday, May 10, 2015. Complete (A Mother's Day Post for the Child-less). Today is Mother’s Day. It’s one of my Hard Days, as I call them. One of the days where my face randomly leaks at any given point. I’m pretty sure I’ve told you guys this, but I feel like I got “this close” to being a mother before Sawan died. The closing date for the salon was September 1, and he died on August 24, so I never got the chance. I want to punch them in the face. I feel like I lost my husband, but I lost my babies, too.

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Good Grief: March 2015

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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Breaking Up is Hard to Do. After writing that last post, I’ve been AWOL for a month. I haven’t quite known what to say. You see, two days after I wrote that, I broke up with the Big Strong Man. Since I had just talked about him on the blog, and. We were thinking we might get back together, I didn’t know what to say on here about anything. Especially since I knew he would be checking the blog. So, here’s what I will say:. He’s a great guy. Feels good to get that off my chest. The s...

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Good Grief: "Colorado Babe"

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Friday, February 27, 2015. I’m sitting in one of my favorite little coffee spots in downtown Denver, the Market on Larimer Square. I’m just doing a little people watching and remembering all of the different people I’ve sat here with in all of the different phases of life. Really, I’m thrilled just to be out of the house. I’ve had the crud for the last two weeks. Solid. I’ve been disgusting. You know how it is, pink, drippy nose and low, almost-sexy-voice-but-not-really-who-am-I-kidding? I have Sorrell b...

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Good Grief: Shoplifting

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Monday, February 16, 2015. I wrote this last week and forgot to post. This week, for the first time in my life, I shoplifted. I use Tide laundry detergent, and even though I’m a single woman, I buy the big ass container at Costco. Somehow, I either lost the little plastic cup to measure the detergent, or never got one. So when I was at Costco this week I went down that aisle just to steal a plastic cup. I looked around to see if anyone was looking, and when no one was, I stuck the little cup in my purse.

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Good Grief: January 2015

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Good Grief (But can we ix-nay the WIDOW part? I know I left you guys a bit high and dry. Here’s the thing. Or maybe not the. Thing but part of the thing . I’m doing really, really well. I realized, about this time last year that I was no longer actively grieving. When I wrote, especially for the book, it churned stuff up inside me and facilitated active grieving that I just didn’t feel was necessary at the time. So I decided to take a break from writing the book. So now what ...

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Good Grief: February 2015

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Friday, February 27, 2015. I’m sitting in one of my favorite little coffee spots in downtown Denver, the Market on Larimer Square. I’m just doing a little people watching and remembering all of the different people I’ve sat here with in all of the different phases of life. Really, I’m thrilled just to be out of the house. I’ve had the crud for the last two weeks. Solid. I’ve been disgusting. You know how it is, pink, drippy nose and low, almost-sexy-voice-but-not-really-who-am-I-kidding? I have Sorrell b...

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Good Grief: October 2013

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Saturday, October 26, 2013. Recipes for Viva New Mexico! I’ve gotten a little backlash for not posting the recipes from Viva New Mexico! After getting permission from my mumsie, here they are, with a bit of background. Jose was a really amazing man and good friend to our family. He taught boxing to underprivileged kids and when he retired became a “lay priest” in his Catholic Church. And he made really good burritos. 1 #1 can whole tomato or stewed. 1 ½ cans cream of mushroom soup. The chicken enchilada ...

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Good Grief: September 2013

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Monday, September 23, 2013. I have a vivid memory of a specific evening back in 1996. I was living with my family in Kiev, Ukraine, and I had gone over to my friend Gillian. S apartment to hang out for the evening. I was seventeen, she was twenty-one. The age gap at that point made her a grown up, me still a kid, but I totally looked up to her and she treated me like I had the maturity of someone that she wanted to hang out with. Friday, September 20, 2013. About loss. Some things that we all just get.

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Good Grief: July 2013

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013. SWF seeks Available WM. For a while there, I was convinced that there was no such thing as a single guy in his thirties. I just hadn’t met any. They must all be taken. Then, in the last few weeks, I’ve had encounters with a few. Like, three. Three single men in their thirties! My first thought was, “Hooray! 8221; This was certainly progress. But, in my mind single men meant available. That’s what you would think, right? Oh, don’t be silly. Monday, July 1, 2013. Today is my sixth ...