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Month: June 2012

Delicious Comfort

by makemendgrow // June 21, 2012 // Comments off
Lately, the weather has been…well…all over the map. We’ll have a day or two of what feels like summer, and then BAM! It’s clearly not summer. Mother Nature? You’re a tease!  A few days ago, I was coming out of... Continue reading →

A quick update to the list!

by makemendgrow // June 15, 2012 // Comments off
A quick update to the below post! I was able to knock out a couple of projects-below is boozy cherry jam. As you can see there’s a good amount of dark rum missing from the bottle that went into the... Continue reading →

Back to the drawing board

by makemendgrow // June 13, 2012 // Comments off
With everything that has been going on, I have had this deep desire to do. Do what you ask? Anything! I long to get creative again and get back to crafting. So without further adieu, here’s my craft-tastic to do... Continue reading →

Do not stand at my grave and weep…

by makemendgrow // June 12, 2012 // Comments off
Today we laid my father to rest. The sun shone behind thick clouds. A gentle mist came and went, stopping just in time for the funeral and starting again after my father’s ashes were interred. My grandfather had arranged a... Continue reading →

I am grateful

by makemendgrow // June 10, 2012 // Comments off
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post the 4 blogs that follow this entry.  They were written over the last almost 2 weeks now.  They are raw,  and angry, and sad. They are things that I had stuck in... Continue reading →

Moving on, slowly.

by makemendgrow // June 10, 2012 // Comments off
I can’t believe it has been almost a week. The days have flown by, but I don’t remember much about them. Calls have been made, accounts have been closed, debts have been forgiven, arrangements for donations have been made, and... Continue reading →

Apparently 24 hours isn’t enough time to heal all wounds

by makemendgrow // June 10, 2012 // Comments off
It’s another 12 hours later. 26 hours after I found out about my dad. I went to his apartment this morning. It looked like he had just stepped out. I had to go through things to find paperwork from his... Continue reading →

Well, shit.

by makemendgrow // June 10, 2012 // Comments off
It’s 2:17 am. I’ve been up and down all night, crying and wanting to throw up. I’m dreading tomorrow…or well, at this point, later today. It’s now a little later, just before 9. I spent this morning listening to his... Continue reading →

For my father

by makemendgrow // June 10, 2012 // Comments off
I don’t even know how to start this post, or if I will even publish it. Right now, I am hurting. My soul feels like it is crushed and I don’t know what else to do but write and cry.... Continue reading →

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