Tag: loss of a parent

  • Reconstruction Diary Meditations: Drawing Back a Veil

    Reconstruction Diary Meditations: Drawing Back a Veil

    Sunday, May 27, 1866 Lizzie and I went to meeting to Elmgrove. Isaac Trueblood and his daughters Miriam & Mary were there. Meeting was small. In the afternoon Milton, Lizzie & Ella Hubbard went up to a spiritual meeting at Greensboro. The speaker was Mrs. Mitchell. They enjoyed it pretty well [and] stopped at Bales’s…

  • Guest Post: “What Good” by Sally Shideler

    Guest Post: “What Good” by Sally Shideler

    Earlier this month, my husband, Jerry Miller, passed away unexpectedly. In the ensuing chaos, confusion, and grief, I’m turning over my blog space this week to a guest post. Please enjoy the poem “What Good,” by my daughter, Sally Shideler, as she processes the loss of her stepfather and second dad:         What good isa handmade…