Today marks the 3rd anniversary of my mom’s death…I was some 725 miles away from my family and on the other side of the gates from my mom, but I know she, like my family were near. I was okay through out the day…but the overwhelming sadness filled me as I drove to where I am staying right now. Maybe year 3 of remembering is … Continue reading Celebration of Lek
“Missing You” by John Waite was one of my mom’s favorite songs. When I hear it or “I Can Dream About You” by Dan Hartman, I will always think of her. She’d sing along off key like it was no one’s business. She loved music just as much as I did. Now-a-days, when I hear the song, it’s almost at a moment when I need … Continue reading Missing You
It’s 12:55 pm here in the US. I am 15 hours ahead in Australia. By the time this actually posts, I will have already celebrated Lek…my mom…in Australia. Hopefully, it will have gone as planned. Watch the sunrise over Bondi. I won’t actually know since I’m writing this post before I head to Australia. Today though, no matter, where I am or what has or … Continue reading Celebrating Lek
2 days…until Australia. It just seems like yesterday I was day dreaming and applying for an ETA. As I sat on the phone with Heather, discussing things we’re packing and not packing, we both were kind of like…2 days. I got off the phone with her and packed but needed a mental break so I watched The X-Files. The episode “Audrey Pauley” hit a little too … Continue reading Ça va (It goes)
I’ve been thinking about you a lot this year, Mama. Thinking about where you might be, which star in the sky that sparkles might be you…what you would say to this or that. But mostly, I just remember your words of advice you have given me all through out the time you were here with me. It’s hard to get that now. No one offers … Continue reading I Remember…
(c) http://www.greatcosmichappyass.com/ The card I gave my dad when my mom passed away. I read this Tweet from @TheSingleWoman “There will come a day when you will realize: You would have never found YOU if you hadn’t lost THEM.” I realize it’s inregard to a break up but with today’s news that a dear friend’s dad is battling a cancer more severe than hoped, when … Continue reading Only a Change of Worlds
“Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club. I remember my mom singing this song and how much she loved the music of Culture Club. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw?rel=0] Continue reading 30 Day Song Challenge: Day 29 – Song from Your Childhood
There are so many songs that associate with memories and with people, places, and life events, but this song, means the most to me. This song reminds me of my mom. This was the song that was playing when I got out of the car when she went into the hospital and that night after emergency surgery on her brain, when I got back in … Continue reading 30 Day Song Challenge: Day 5 – Song that Reminds You of Someone
I cannot believe it is finished. Yesterday, Travis @ Fu’s Custom Tattoos completed my tattoo tribute to my mom. This is what the final piece looks like. I cannot express enough how happy I am with this piece. It is everything I dreamed it would be and for me, the perfect tribute to my crazy little Thai lady. I hope that whatever heavenly garden she … Continue reading A Tribute to Lek
Well today we’ve been married for 36 years. God, I miss you. You come to me all the time in my dreams. One day I hope I wake up from this nightmare. They say it gets easier as time goes by but it don’t. I had all the things I wanted to say, but if I start I would jabber on for hours. I’m just … Continue reading Happy Anniversary from Ricky