I’m not sure if it’s accurate but I recently found something in her files that said her birthday is today! So happy 19th (yes, nineteen) birthday, Miss Boo Radley! You mean the world to me and you have always been a presence of calm and comfort especially this past year. I love your wonder and curiosity and you give the best side eye. I love you Boo Boo Elizabeth, Boobies, Bubba, Bug, B-Rad, “Rad”. Keep shining, sassy pants, Wall Clock Kitty! 💜💟🥳🐈⬛🦋✨💖🫶🏽🐾💝🧁 #tuxie #manx #booradley #catsofinstagram
Grieving continues.
(And It doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate and have gratitude for, and enjoy the countless blessings I was given and continue to receive. It’s just I haven’t stopped loving Them so I haven’t stopped grieving Them. 💛💜💙🩵)
#grief #griefjourney
Grief wears differently after a year. It’s like a shirt that has shrunk a little. It allows the cold in and you fidget more with the buttons and hems to try to stretch it a bit to cover areas now showing. There was a protection and a safety in my grief cocoon. Each time I come out I have to relearn who I am now… It’s exhausting, taking a step forward and tasting nectar and sliding back down into the hole and undoing all the lies I just told myself and others; were they lies? No, they were glimmers of what life is in the AND.
#grief
#griefjourney
I’ll love you ‘til my last breath
You’re gone, but something in the Heavens
Tells me that we’ll be together again
I’ll see you around the bend
You’re gone, but something in the Heavens
Tells me that we’ll be together again
Wishing all a peaceful and blessed new year ahead full of calm, reflection, action, connection and presence. 🙏🏽🕊️🎊✨💗🤲🏽
Dear 2025,
I don’t hate you, not even mad at you.
You have joined 2002, 2003, 2014 and 2016 as the years that changed my life, changed me - significantly.
You are a bookmark that took.
But, you also gave.
You gave me a place at the table to grieve with others who get it.
You gave me solitude, silence and stillness (that I still need).
You gave me a support system that even if they didn’t know what to do or say, they stood, sat, waited, cried - and laughed with me.
You gave me laughter back in your latter months.
You kept Boo Radley with me.
You reconnected me more than ever with God.
You reminded me how resilient I am - and how resilient time is.
You reminded me that no matter what, God has “it”
- and He has me.
A part of me doesn’t want you to leave because 2026 doesn’t know Da or William, and you did.
But perhaps that is the silver lining, I get to share them with 2026 in a special, beautiful and honoring way.
So… I guess I will say “thank you” and bid you a farewell.
And welcome, 2026 -
You and I are going to become very close.
“Be still… and know that I am here”
Miss you - Mom, Da, Brother and Sis 🤍
Merry Christmas 🙏🏽✝️✨❤️🕊️🌟❄️🎄
My simple wish for All -
Peace, love, good health, and time for what matters most.
As the sun is going down now…
Today is Winter Solstice, the first day of winter and the longest night of the year. The longest night means longer cold, longer exposure to elements, longer despair.
Today, let us pause and remember all those who lost their lives because they were unhoused. And as we move through winter, and every day of the year, may we remember those who for a myriad of reasons do not have a safe, warm, clean place to call home.
This year, the US hit a record high of shelter and unsheltered homelessness. Before we judge anyone, we are all just one tragedy away from experiencing it ourselves.
Please remember and please act.
In memoriam, the names of those we have not seen. 👥🕯️🌌🙏🏽✨
#unhoused #homeless
