Death is typically depicted in our society as a mostly negative event. It's terrifying, loud, abrupt. Like most people, I used to be afraid of death. Maybe I worried if I were exposed to its clutches too long, I would end up sucked into its gaping maw and flung into the dark void of loneliness, …
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It’s the End of the World as I Know It (And I Feel Slightly Uneasy)
As some of you are well aware, there are certain undeniable signs the End Times are near: Oceans turn blood red. Locusts! It's raining locusts! Leggings are a thing now. Leggings! It's raining leggings! But recently I've witnessed another sign that it's time to make peace with my maker. My mom is on Facebook. Just …
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Happy Impending Death Day!
Our culture doesn't do so well with death. We don't like to talk about it or even think about it. Except for people who were born and raised in Maine. We're more down-to-earth types who treat death like it's a bad dentist appointment. Yeah it's gonna happen to you one day so you might as well suck it up, deal …
I’m So Glad We Had This Talk Again, Mom
The following is a conversation I had with my 78 year old mom while driving her around on errands last week. (Her speech is in bold because her voice usually registers a few hundred decibels higher than mine) My mom: Oh, God! ACK!! OOF! GOOD LORD! AHHH! HOLY CRAP! Me: What? You okay? Huh? Oh, yeah, it's nothing. I was …
Don’t Eat the Dandelions
This is what greeted me last weekend. My kids picked me some flowers, and both of them made me the sweetest homemade cards. They told me they were too excited to wait. And who am I to complain? I've always thought Mother's Day should be more of a week-long event. Besides, every mom out there knows …
She's A Maineiac 