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Category Archives: grief and grieving
Johnny Depp/Amber Heard PTSD, cohousing, and me
I was listening to court TV as I fell asleep the other night. One of the psychologists was talking. She was describing how Amber Heard had PTSD. She said that when incidents keep popping up in your head when you … Continue reading
Live and Lose even in cohousing
As you can tell, I write a lot. I’ve kept a diary since I was 13 and enjoyed writing before then. But this post is difficult for me to write. I thought our cat, Garfield, would go to the vet, … Continue reading
Day of the Dead Dia de los Muertos
I always put up an altar for Day of the Dead. One year I didn’t and I forgot to honor my Aunt Jo. That night my back door slammed back and forth in the wind for the one and only … Continue reading
Just listen
a great video on listening. For grieving or whenever someone is in pain. (I wish I could say I never said any of these, but I have. Now I can do better.)
Kindness at the End of Life at cohousing
One way I saw my neighbors act in a compassionate way was toward a woman at her last stage of life. Her family was taking care of her but everyone welcomed her to the cohousing community. One family let them … Continue reading
Phoenix Rising
They say the phoenix rebirths itself from its own ashes. We are like that. Life is like that. One person’s nightmare is a dream for someone else. Things get better for everyone with time. Exactly a year ago huge problems … Continue reading
I love you but not cohousing
Many a relationship has been strained by cohousing. The heterosexual stereotype goes that women fall in love with cohousing, convince their husbands, and then sometimes they both move in and love it. Then there are the couples that can’t agree … Continue reading
Move On
Ten months. That’s how long I lived in cohousing. Of course, I knew everyone before that but do you ever really know anyone? You do once they are tested! So, we were all tested and I ran away. Now it … Continue reading
I Want A Sister Wife!
Ever since the TLC show Sister Wives began I wanted to live like that! I wasn’t interested in the belief system, though I respect their religion, or to be married to one man and share him, but I wanted the … Continue reading
cohousing diary- my real diary for living in co-housing
Here is my real diary as I lived in cohousing. I changed some things to make it understandable. I wrote this for myself. I always wanted to blog but this was just for me – never thinking I’d move out … Continue reading
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