You Can’t Pick Your Family
Rita McConnellMy travels in genealogy
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Maybe They're Never Really Gone
It’s quiet now.
The kids have gone back to school. The mourners have no more I’m sorrys. My brother is back to work. My mother is heading back to live in the old house.
My dad has passed into eternity. We walked him to the gates with a be...
History Hides Among Us
Recently, I found myself explaining terrorism in the early 2000s, 1980s, 90s and the hostage crisis of the late 1970s to my daughters, ages 20 and 21. Having lived in a world with Iranian Mullahs, Hamas, Hezbollah, Sadaam Hussein, the PLO,...
What You Give
My older daughter was home for spring break last week. More than anyone or anything, she was here to see my father.
When you spend a lot of time with someone who is dying, it can be difficult to see the actual progression of the illness. F...
Walking Dad Home : Checking In
Word spreads quite fast.
of course when you have someone like me in your life, who uses social media maybe a bit too much, I suppose it’s going to happen. But that aside, theres a natural sort of grapevine carrying news of my father’s illn...
It Doesn’t Get Any Better From Here
The tears finally came today.
I’ve been waiting for them for a while now. Since Halloween time, not long after his 87 birthday. I even tried to call them out with hours of Chris Stapleton songs. One came here or there, but I guess I just w...
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Recovering PR pro with too many opinions. Genealogy and history are my escapes. Mother of two incredible young women and lucky wife of a great man. Dog lover, hockey fan, struggling gardener, marching band mom. Grateful for my life.
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