Grief and uncertainty are always exhausting. Throw in a pandemic and the holidays and things can quickly become overwhelming. How does one cope? Of course, there is never a time when there is no grief. There is always sadness. There is always grief because there is always loss. But these days, in large part due …
Holidays
Father’s Day is next up on the Hallmark holiday calendar. Like it or not, these Hallmark holidays are here to stay. Today, I’m sharing ten random things I miss about my dad, not just on Father’s Day, of course, but every day. There are way more than ten, but I’ll stick with ten. If you …
Another Mother’s Day has rolled around. This is #16 for me without my mother, a living one anyway. I’ve been sitting on this note to my mother for a long time. I’m sharing some of the cancer part of it today. If you’re missing a mother (or someone else), writing a note to her/him can …
Well, here we go, my last blog post for 2019. Heck, it’s my last blog post for the decade! Thank you for reading Nancy’s Point this past year. Thank you for commenting on and sharing articles when you felt moved to do so. Thank you for offering support not just for me and my writing, …
Thoughts from daughter #3 for Father’s Day. Another Father’s Day is fast approaching, and all those ads and displays about what to get dad are hard to miss. I wish I could tune them all out, but that’s pretty much impossible. Not that the day matters much. I miss my dad every day. But I …