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Forgetting on Christmas

December 25, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

A woman's hand writing bullet points on a page.

Bullet Points . . . My apologies for nearly missing my post this week. Here are my bullet points about how I find myself in the predicament of forgetting to show up on Widow’s Voice this week: Bullet points keep me ahead of sleep who stalks me. It is 10:42 pm PDT and I just […]

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An Eye on Two Worlds

December 18, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Santa heading back to his sleigh.

Brings a Bit of Healing Magic There’s nothing like a Christmas movie to bring the magic of the season to the present moment. Tonight I watched The Christmas Chronicles on Netflix which brought alive memories of the Spirit of Christmas from childhood—an enchantment! I recall just a few of my childhood presents…my Toodles doll is […]

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Following Father’s Day

June 19, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Dan Neff cradling an infant grandchild with love.

Here you are on display so many years after the fact.   Having been only four tiny pounds yourself, you grew larger than life.   You had the strength to be immutable and the grace to be tender.   Tough and Tender.   A combination for life.   Seeing this photo undoes me.   Missing […]

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the seed of me

November 21, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

giant sequoia with prose written on the bard.

what shape waits . . . the shape of what was what is what will be transformation. how am I different? or the same? in the seed of you . . . the seed of me of sorrow of grief of survival of resilience of gratitude i am the seed of yesterdays i am the […]

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The Best of Men

June 7, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Young man with daughter on his lap on a pier jutting into a lake.

ONLY A DAD by Edward Albert Guest Only a dad, but he gives his all To smooth the way for his children small, Doing, with courage stern and grim, The deeds that his father did for him. This is the line that for him I pen, Only a dad, but the best of men.   Words […]

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A Love Letter

February 15, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

a plus and minus sign

After Valentine’s Day Hey love, I made it through another valentines day — so well, in fact, that I forgot it was Wednesday and I’m just writing this! Writing to you is always easier than writing to others, so here we are, my love, conversing online on the day after Valentine’s Day. Through the lens […]

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Valentines, Valentines, Valentines Everywhere . . .

February 8, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

. . . it’s here again In trying to take stock of Valentine’s Day past, memory is fuzzy. Images come forward of our last V-Day together… Family room with hospital bed set up Candles Decorative hearts abound Did we eat? It seems a blip on the radar screen of a long goodbye with no clear […]

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Early Morning Musings In Between Holidays

November 30, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

In 2021, seven months after Dan died, Thanksgiving arrived. In the calendar of our family traditions Christmas arrived just 32 days later. It is hard to believe that this is only the second holiday season since Dan left us. This morning, I am thinking about some who may be reading this that it is their […]

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Missing

November 22, 2022 by Kathie Neff 1 Comment

Rose colored matching man's shirt and a woman's dress

It began with a need for a garment bag the kind from the cleaners with its pre-slit hole for the hanger — dry cleaners size — with child safety warning included.   I doubted I had one but went into my closet searching for a stray lingering on the closet rod.   I notice a […]

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Finding My Way in Year Two

October 18, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Which Direction? Which Decision? Being lost is not new to me. My inner navigation plan is usually this: If you think you should turn right, it is highly likely you should turn left. Truth. I admire those who have a born sense of direction—like my husband. The kids often tell tales of being on a […]

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A Guest House – A Birthday –

August 17, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

and Two Questions How is it possible that Dan’s birthday–the second since his death–is already coming up eleven days from now? Surreal. As a mom of seven, I am used to the arrival of ideas from one or another of my children. How to accomplish one solution or another…what flourishes to add–or ways to contain–an […]

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Knowing Ahead

January 5, 2020 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The holiday season is over.  Starting in early November, every year, I begin pondering Megan’s death at an elevated rate, leading up to the anniversary of it.  With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day all occurring in the weeks just after, it’s two months of absolute stress, that nobody seems to understand, including myself.  My…

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