From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Sad

by Jan on May 21, 2009

Sad little memory. Sad there’s so little memory. My father returning home from months at sea. Late evening? Maybe the middle of the night. Lights on in the hall, bustling, hushed voices waking me. Excited, but I must stay in bed. I’m 3 perhaps, or 4. Daddy pops in to say goodnight. He shows me [...]

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A rite of passage

by Jan on May 20, 2009

Last week was marked by a sad farewell to my father-in-law. Though my dad died when I was four and my mother went some 14 years ago  I am nevertheless very aware that many baby boomers are sharing this experience of saying farewell to our parents and moving into the front line. There was a such [...]

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