life transitions
Are Endings New Beginnings?
Or is over just over?
My fear of something being ‘over’ has grown more powerful this last decade.
I don’t like stories to end. Give Mom a Break Chapter
My father hauled all six of us siblings to the library every two weeks when I was around 8 years old (I’m sure to give Mom a break). He loved how easy I was to manage in a library, I selected books that came in a series to stave off the ending of the story. I knew exactly what I was looking for, found it, and sat reading while my five brothers raced around looking for trouble.
My backup plan was to look for “fat” books, 4 inches wide! They take a long time to read.
The library trips stopped when I was twelve, Dad died suddenly of a heart attack. Mom’s heart never healed.
I don’t like stories to end. Laurie’s Chapter
I hated having to leave Toledo. After years of loneliness I’d finally made good friends and had a great crew to hang with. But the winds of work blew me to rural New York.
I made an instant friend at work who kept me from isolating. She invited me to join her at the local college hockey games. We simul-watched American Idol…
