Tag Archives: love

A dog named Darcy – 2000-2011

For me, a pet is a companion. I believe a pet should be treated with love and respect and from that the return will be great. You will never regret opening your heart but if only from the pain of loss. When we adopted Darcy I was not in a good place. I was deeply [...]

Love/loss

If you live long enough the vast majority of those you love will die. It is the inevitable result of mortality. Therefore, I propose Tennyson’s age old question (again!) “Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?” I believe if you have never loved romantically or otherwise you [...]

It should be but it never is

Wish I could bring her back for him. Even just the once! That would be a superpower that I would want. I would reunite loved ones and allow them one last embrace, a kiss and a whispered word of love.

All quiet on the western front?

I am trying to piece together my sense of self worth and focus on the future rather than the past. I dwell though… and dwell and dwell some more. If there were a competition for dwelling I’d win. Even this writing is an example of me dwelling. See, can’t stop. The CliffsNotes of my dwelling [...]

A mourning

To go from feeling like the most loved person in the world to being completely insignificant is excruciating. The fall is just that much harder. You can’t miss something you’ve never had. However, if you happen to have had it and lost it, well the memory of it will eat you alive.

The reality of love

“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” -Margery Williams Bianco [...]