Two weeks ago today, I sat with my mother, holding her hand, stroking her hair, whispering words of love and farewell as she passed from this world into the next. It was the single most beautiful experience of my life and there are no words to express the gratitude I feel for the blessing of … Continue reading What Comes Next …
Author: SweetEstherChronicles
My name is Elise and my husband Randy and I bought a 1982 Westfalia and named her SweetEsther .... that one wonderfully impulsive decision has changed everything!
Her Last Big Adventure
I have been long silent. It's a very complicated time. My 87 year old mother who has Alzheimer's, now has a broken hip. She wants no intervention, and I totally get that. So her family is just keeping her as comfortable as possible now. We sit and wait with her. A couple days ago, when … Continue reading Her Last Big Adventure
Weighty Issues
I only wanted to know how many calories are in a banana, but the website had an Ideal Weight Calculator and since I felt like wasting some time needed a break from cleaning house on this frigid February morning, I thought 'OK, I'll play!' According to them, my ideal weight should be 108 pounds. Um...sure, … Continue reading Weighty Issues
Arctic Front
So, this is what was happening here last night ... That''s -35 Celsius (-30 for those of you speaking Fahrenheit). Hubby wanted to know what that feels like and he talked me into joining him and we stepped out on the deck in our pj's...for a couple minutes...I can't breathe air that cold, it kind … Continue reading Arctic Front
Marathon
Here's a weird little tidbit about me: I've always wanted to run a marathon. That's not weird, you say, Lot's of people run marathons. It's weird because I am not an athletic person and I really don't enjoy exercise. And being mildly asthmatic and having Multiple Sclerosis adds another level of challenge for me, but I've … Continue reading Marathon
Words for a New Year
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" — Mary Oliver I read that Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, recently passed away. I'm not that familiar with her work, so in poking around the internet to see what else she wrote that I may have … Continue reading Words for a New Year
Of Tu-Tu’s and Tap Shoes
Ever since I can remember (and I can remember waaaay back) I have loved to dance. I have wanted to dance. As a teenager I had a secret nerdy dream of dancing tap. But mine was not the kind of family that could afford things like dance classes and tap shoes. I never even asked. … Continue reading Of Tu-Tu’s and Tap Shoes
