grief – The Tennessee Honeybee

The Unexpected

Last Thursday night, after we had laid down to bed and K was already asleep, our fire alarm went off. I was watching Golden Girls

Today is one year since my sister’s memorial service, though as a family we didn’t say our final goodbye until more than a week later.

This won’t be a long post. The minutes are ticking down to 10pm mountain time. The last minutes of the first year since Chelsea’s death.

I’ve been negligent on posting for the “Mile in Her Shoes” series but I have not been negligent about taking my sister’s shoes far and

Today at 11pm cst, it will be a year since my heart broke permanently. Even now, I am crying writing these words because I still

This has been the hardest 6 months of my life… but still among the best. I could not imagine having faced the death of my

You dug a well You dug it deep For every wife you buried You planted a cedar tree The best, the best you ever had

Today is Chelsea’s 32nd birthday. After my wedding in May, I thought she had seemed strong enough to make it until after Christmas but if

It’s another “night shift” in which there is no one to watch over. It’s been almost two weeks and it all still feels unreal. Expected,

It’s been a week (and 30 minutes) since my sister left this world. It’s surreal still…a week ago I was in her bed next to