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Benny is in denial

November 26, 2016by Lesley Ramsey Leave a comment

Benny is a very jealous boy. I picked up this tiny, pitiful creature last week. He was wandering around, crawling with fleas and covered in scabs, fur all gone from the […]

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Grief

Flashing back

April 22, 2015by Lesley Ramsey Leave a comment

Before I had this fancy blog, I had a little blog called Sun Comes Up and We Start Again. Enrique was just mentioning it the other day.  I thought I […]

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Grief

Thank God, Benny is still barking

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Some day this house will feel way too quiet. In some ways, it already does. Today, I am trying to appreciate and even relish the hysterical loud barking. My Sophie girl […]

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Grief

Still learning from Benny’s barking

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Benny’s barking still has the power to shatter my sense of stability… when that sense is particularly shaky! One of Benny’s favorite times to bark is when I’m on the […]

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Grief, Recovery

Anticipatory grief

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I guess what I should really be writing about here is how I’m feeling about my 18-year-old kitty, Sophie. I started worrying about her death right after Mama died. I […]

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Grief

Grief and the fullness of living

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I’ve been thinking about an article a friend sent me from Elephant Journal about the importance of sadness in everyday life. The idea that one could, and indeed should, feel […]

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Grief

Projections

October 29, 2014by Lesley Ramsey Leave a comment

In 1999, I moved to Washington, DC — well, Silver Spring, Maryland — to go to grad school. I was pretty ambivalent about the move and that stressed me out. I […]

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Grief

Two minute blog post: Thankful for Lenny

October 28, 2014by Lesley Ramsey Leave a comment

My mom had a cat, Smudgy, who decided one day just to move to another house down the street. She would come over every now and then (her sister, Sooty, stayed […]

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Grief

Disruptions we choose

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We are home and Benny is barking again. For him, everything is “back to normal.” Does he remember the Grand Canyon? The Painted Desert? The petroglyphs? Does he remember the […]

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Grief

Ten-minute blog post… Go!

October 24, 2014by Lesley Ramsey 1 Comment

I feel like writing, but I have a competing need to HIT THE ROAD! We are in the last stretch to get home. I feel very disconnected right now. Disconnected […]

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Grief, Road Trip-palooza 2014

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