Apr 16, 2024

The last doctor visit, and why Jane’s doctor cries.

Hope discussion. Did Jarie have a hope stopping point, like I did? 

What love is.

Jane’s last written words, delivered to Jarie, after Jane dies. 

Now, how Jarie lives each day, even if it’s a shytty day. Try this. 

Love after Jane. Is soon, too soon? Define...

Apr 9, 2024

Vaping to cope. THC and CBD.

Jane needs Jarie to be her ROCK.

Failure lump in Jarie’s throat. The feeling…how anxiety and stress manifest themselves.

When Jarie, the man who loves a plan, asks himself “How am I going to fix this?” And then realizes “I can’t fix this!”

Chemotherapy ravages—Jarie buzzes...

Apr 3, 2024

If you marry, and mark your day with ceremony, you might include these wedding vows:

To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death do us part.

Half-easy to recite, but fulfill—a Sisyphean effort.

Widowed...

Jan 23, 2024

Gut-busting, emphatic, grand finale.

First, listen someplace where it’s safe to pee your pants.

Why Susan’s Uber driver advises her to lock the hotel door and under no circumstances come out until morning. 

Pretending all is okay--when it’s not.

Telling your family to shut the fuctuplets up.

Is God kept on...

Jan 16, 2024

Morphine, ahhhhh. Mark’s last days. 

Wait, what about Sofie, Mark’s dying dog?

The last goodbye. Mark and Sofie wear American football team Green Bay Packers sweatshirts.

From the Woo Woo and Taboo Department: before Susan’s birth, her mom bore a son. He died at birth. Like a shameful secret, never discussed. So...