***Disclaimer: This is only a blog post. All is well in Cassalina world. I know writing those words can evoke a heartfelt response in less than 30-seconds from friends, family, and folks that really care. I am truly blessed in the love that floods my way when I am in need so I never use them …
Hardship & Loss
Breathing
Breathing directions: Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Seems straightforward enough, right? For most of us breathing is involuntary, a non-issue, basically pretty easy. I mean really, how many times does breathing cross your mind? Perhaps you wonder how long you can inhale your breath when you're …
The Bittersweet Irony and Lesson of a Transplant
Marc and I are finally renovating the house we built over 25 years ago. We are no longer that young couple that raised our family but empty nesters that never updated their house in 25 years. We concentrated on our kids, not our home, and it showed. Think the early 90s. Think flowers, stripes, and …
Christmas is a wonderful time of year…for most people.
Christmas is a wonderful time of year…for most people. Christmas is also a time of year where emotions tug at our hearts more than we care to admit. During the holiday season, we tend to painfully feel the void of our loved ones who are no longer with us, especially those with recent losses, …
Shutterfly, an Anniversary, and my Jena
My email today from Shutterfly: ‘Your memories from this week eleven years ago…’ Seriously, really? This picture was taken on Tuesday, November 28, 2006. This picture is the very LAST picture taken of Jena; us as a family of four. The next day her lungs collapsed and she moved up to …
The Second Date
Today is December 4th…to me that is the anniversary of “the second date.” I wish that was good but the tears streaming down my face tells me otherwise. It’s the second date that comes after the dash, as in 3/13/1993 - 12/4/2006. Those are my daughter’s two dates. I hate that she has a second …
