Dusky edwards

Tag: California

  • To Laugh

    I’ve decided… I’m going to focus on laughing more. The more I talk to the people close to me, the more I realize that the death of my parents took me away from me.  As I am slowly healing, less people are afraid to point it out. I am not the same person I used…

  • My Way Home

    My Way Home

    I lived 6 different places before the age of 8. Lately, I’ve been thinking about those places, what they were like, what life was like, etc. I try to remember what my room looked like, the names of friends, my teachers. I do remember being home alone a lot. My mom worked. And we had…

  • Gratitude- Day 1

    Grief, stress, change, falling outs with loved ones, and other ugly things caused me to dwell on what was missing in my life. I began a cycle of throwing myself into things that didn’t make me happy because I believed its what I had to endure for the time being and I believed it was…

  • Happy Birthday Mom!

    Happy Birthday Mom!

    St. Patrick’s Day will never be the same. Life is not the same. I don’t want to dwell today. But I certainly need to process this day without her in it. My husband, boys, and myself took the day off from our responsibilities today. We are headed to Laguna. When my parents split, my mom,…

  • I fired my gardener

    I’m really curious to know if there are other individuals (ie. wives and moms)  like me on this earth, who maintain their own yards.  When we purchased this house, I had my mom’s gardener handling our yards.  We paid him $150 per month to come every Friday.  Ray was not thorough.  He also had a…

  • Where is the life that I recognize?

    Where is the life that I recognize?

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