When’s the last time you listened to Willie Nelson sing “September Song”?  Were you to listen again, would it have the same meaning for you?  Here’s just part: “Oh the days dwindle down  —  To a precious few . . .September, November . . . And these few precious days — I’ll spend with you. […]

“One size fits all” does not fit for any of us.  But with the death of a spouse, there is at lease one thing that does fit us all: pain.  How we deal with “our” pain — while possibly different — might help us to learn how others are experiencing that pain.  Sharing “yours” with […]

      And so…Goodbye. We all know that, sooner or later, all things must end.  And that time has come for my blog “Alone—Again.”  I started it after my wife Raquel (Ricki) died for I was bereft. Lonely. Feeling sorry for myself.  Needing very much to whimper and whine about my painful grieving. After […]