grief

  • grief - loss - personal

    Before/After

    Song Lyric of the Day: And then there suddenly appeared before me / The only one my arms will ever hold / I heard somebody whisper, “Please adore me” /And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold, oh The Marcels / “Blue Moon“ My mom is dead. That…

  • family - grief

    Unfair

    Song Lyric of the Day: Words don’t come easily / When most I need them / I do not have a key / I am breaking in / There’s people / People going out of their mind / Right into each others’ arms A Silent Film / “Driven By Their…

  • grief - loss - personal

    Remembering Ryan Means

    Song Lyric of the Day: Oh good people’ve been here over ten thousand years / Everyone bright as shining sun / We’ve got no less days to sing God’s praise / From the time that we begun Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues / “Amazing Grace“ On July 13, 2009,…

  • grief - loss - personal

    Supporting a Local Blogger

    Song Lyric of the Day: One of us is gonna be here / And one of us is gonna be running / Off alone into a great unknown A Fine Frenzy / “Blow Away“ As almost every Knoxville-area blogger (as well as many beyond our city limits) knows by now,…

  • grief

    Staff Sgt. Ryan Means

    Song Lyric of the Day: Got a man of the people / Says keep hope alive Neil Young / “Keep On Rockin’ in the Free World“ I check my StatCounter and Site Meter stats fairly regularly to see what keywords are leading people to my old blog here. Almost always,…

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    Snoops

    Song Lyric of the Day: But they tell me / I’ll be fine / That it will all get better / Just try to write it down / Or put it in a letter / But the words won’t play / And there’s no / Easy way to say /…

  • family - grief - loss

    Victor Kinamon

    Friday night, Rich, my family, and I attended the receiving of friends and funeral service for Mr. Kinamon. As I wrote the other day, our almost brother-in-law’s father passed away, sooner than we’d anticipated. We knew he was fighting the good fight, and we’d been looking forward to meeting him…

  • family - grief - loss - personal

    Another Loss

    Christmas Song Lyric of the Day: Let loving hearts enthrone Him / Raise, raise the song on high Sarah McLachlan / “What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)“ 10:05PM. The year that won’t end keeps on going. Our almost brother-in-law (the wedding is early January) lost his father last night. That’s all…