When we speak of someone being melancholy, the term is often associated with depression and in a way it is. However, for the widow, it is a time to rejoice because melancholy is a step toward rising out of Depression’s depths. It is a time when the laughter stops ending abruptly in tears. It is… Continue reading Widow’s Melancholy
Month: November 2014
Don’t Fake the Doc
I sat in the office of a new family doctor for my daughter and me filling out the pages of forms. Halfway down one sheet come the questions we all hate to answer truthfully. You know the ones: What do you weigh? Do you smoke? Have you ever? When did you quit? Do you… Continue reading Don’t Fake the Doc