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Ghosts in the Music

A few weeks after my mother died in 2011, I went to my massage therapist for a much needed massage. While she would work, instrumental music would always play softly in the background. That day the music made me unutterably sad. I’m not sure if it was because my mother was a pianist or ifContinue reading “Ghosts in the Music”

Posted byTrishJanuary 31, 2020Posted inUncategorized3 Comments on Ghosts in the Music

Me: A Horrible Person

“The more you know of any aspect, the better you can handle it. This goes for yourself too. When you know everything that is to know, it is called Realization.” — Sadhguru What I know about myself is that I am a horrible person. I discover this on November 19, 2018, the day I goContinue reading “Me: A Horrible Person”

Posted byTrishDecember 7, 2019December 8, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Me: A Horrible Person

One Year Ago Today

One year ago today I took my ex-husband out of a skilled nursing facility and back to his house. I’d spent the the previous week scouring the kitchen and bathrooms, sweeping floors, vacuuming rugs and trying my damndest to make the place habitable. I bought an adjustable bed for downstairs and had his TV setContinue reading “One Year Ago Today”

Posted byTrishNovember 19, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on One Year Ago Today

Two Necks, One Rope

Once, quite early in our relationship, we came across a story about a couple who committed suicide in an unusual manner. They took the back window out of a pick up truck, looped a rope around a tree and then fastened either end to each of their necks. One of them sat in the driver’sContinue reading “Two Necks, One Rope”

Posted byTrishNovember 17, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Two Necks, One Rope

Premonition

Hurricane Florence made landfall on Sept. 14, 2018. It was a big, scary storm and about 40 people in North Carolina died as a result. I don’t know how they died. Did they drown? Were they crushed by falling trees? In Charlotte, we were far enough inland that the dangers didn’t register with us. InContinue reading “Premonition”

Posted byTrishNovember 17, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Premonition

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