Tag: grieving

  • Working Together – Apart

    It was always Jerry’s. I tried to leave it alone, even when I learned something new or remembered something from my class taught by the experts.  But now, without him, the garden along the fence- his garden- is a mess. Eventually, we learned a secret to sustain our successful second marriage. Or else we came…

  • A Way Home

    A Way Home

    Ashesmore like sand in     a plastic box inside     a cardboard cartonwith his name printedon the label.That’s all.Ninety minutes of brake! andaccelerate!on the four-lane,again at the four-ways and traffic lightson the snakingdetours.I watch my estimatedarrival timetick past the appointment time and inchtoward the 4:00 closing time.  I call,shouting into the car speakerthat I’ll be late. She…