In the evening yesterday I became very anxious thinking about Sarah’s birthday coming up in February. It’s her 18th birthday, and I had started thinking about how much children change in just a couple of years. I was looking at photos of Sarah from 2018 up until 2022 when she died, and her face and body changed… Continue reading Late January
Tag: anxiety
Purple Vase
Sometimes it just hits me like a ton of bricks that I’ll never see Sarah again. That’s it, the story’s done, there’s no more to discover or find out. It’s not like a documentary where new and startling evidence of Sarah will be presented, or new clues and new theories of Sarah get developed. I… Continue reading Purple Vase
Stupid Fools
As my readers have probably come to figure out, May has devolved into Anger Month at the Madame Tootsie Bagel Blog, I’m just cheesed off about a whole host of stuff. The Grief Group, about which you’ve probably heard too much. The fact that The Wall Street Journal teased me with an article about six… Continue reading Stupid Fools
Maximize Independence
The Zambian Charity People came yesterday and were super nice. They picked up both of Sarah’s wheelchairs as well as some other medical equipment odds and ends we had for their mission to disabled kids. They will be sending us photos of the kids using Sarah’s stuff and the leader said “Sarah’s name will be… Continue reading Maximize Independence
For the Present
Just when I thought it was safe to look at Google News again, Psychology Today zapped me with another one of its helpful articles from Mark Travers, Ph.D. This one is about how to handle my catastrophic thinking. Mark explains that catastrophizing is distorted thinking or a malfunctioning thought process. I’m certainly with you there,… Continue reading For the Present
The First Year Without Sarah 