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
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Bee In My Bonnet
There’s a bunch of local news stories this morning about the arraignment of the parents of a teenager who died in their home last May, almost a year ago. Apparently the kid was found emaciated and unresponsive by the Rescue Squad and died a few minutes later at age 17. The child had serious and… Continue reading Bee In My Bonnet
Writing Bug
Sarah loved to write stories (and read them) on a website called Tar Heel Shared Reader that supported AAC access and offered eye gaze interface with her speech device for writing. She wrote about two or three dozen books on there with help from her tutor. She also wrote books on Google Slides with her… Continue reading Writing Bug
Touching Base
I really haven’t had a lot of time lately to feed my TV addiction. Between Dad’s visit and the fact that I’m working on a major piece of writing for work, I’ve barely squeezed in an episode or two of The Americans. In one scene I did watch last night, Gabriel, the “handler” of the… Continue reading Touching Base
Mindset
Yesterday was kind of a shit show. When I got up from my midday nap, Max told me that the leader of our Grief Group had called, wanting to know about my “mindset” about continuing with the group. I was a little baffled. There was an awkward scene at the last meeting, which was the… Continue reading Mindset
Managing Partner
Back when I first graduated from law school I worked for a DC law firm for a couple of years. It was not a positive experience. I had spent a summer working for the firm in another city and received an offer, and then I asked to come to DC to work. My request was… Continue reading Managing Partner
Stress Eating
There was a very triggering post this morning on my local moms discussion board about weight, overweight, and what to do to “control” an overweight daughter. It seems the mom in question visited her daughter at college and saw that she had gained a lot of weight. The mom was “repulsed” (her words). The daughter… Continue reading Stress Eating
Life Span
I realized this morning that we are right on the cusp of my first Mother’s Day since Sarah died. Part of me thinks it will be a sad day but part of me is Zen about it. We never participated in the Mother’s Day Brunch industrial complex due to our family’s eating habits and Sarah’s… Continue reading Life Span
Just in Case
Max and I are watching a new show, “Godfather of Harlem.” We like it a lot, and I especially like the song that plays at the beginning over the credits sequence, Just in Case by Swiss Beatz, Rick Ross, and DMX. The chorus makes me cry a bit sometimes. It goes: Open up my window… Continue reading Just in Case
Hearts
My dad has returned to NYC for now, but will be moving to the area to an independent living facility about 20 minutes from here sometime late this summer. I’m pleased that he will be close by and that he made this decision. But it’s hard not to feel guilty about the prospect of a… Continue reading Hearts
The First Year Without Sarah 