It’s strange to wake up alone. Even stranger to wake up alone in a big house with only my two dogs, Milo and Kira, sleeping soundly on their […]
Lesson From A Love Lost
If you read this blog regularly, you may be tired of hearing about my grief. I am tired of living it. The waves of pain and overwhelming sadness […]
I Will Never Say “Goodbye”
“Life changes in an instant. The ordinary instant.” – Joan Didion I talk to my deceased lover, Lorena, everyday. Usually as I look at a photo of her […]
I Can’t Remember My Last Words
I lost the woman I loved one month ago today and I can’t remember my last words to her while she was still conscious. I believe they were, […]
You Know Pain When You See It
Readers of Slouching Into Oblivion know that my love, Lorena Alcala, died from complications of leukemia three weeks ago. I have been a mess. Totally broken. To those […]
Tears, Anger, Advice . . . But Mostly Compassion
If you want to know who your friends are, write the story of a tragedy, your own. Email or text the story to everyone you know describing your […]
Terms Of My Surrender
“I am sorry this worldncould not keep you safe.nMay your journey home be a softnAnd peaceful one.” – Rupi Kaur nThe last five years have been the worst, […]
I’ll Never Find Another You – A Last Love Letter
My dearest Lorena, You have been dead a week now. It seems more like a month or two or ten. Time drags when you are sad. It was […]