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Life is What Happens While You Were Making Other Plans

The original quote was ““Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” Alan Saunders, an American writer, journalist and…

Oct 13

Oct 13

Voicemail — Blessing and Curse

May 19

May 19

Time Doesn’t Heal ALL Wounds — But it DOES Heal Almost Everything — If You Give it Time

Mar 30

Mar 30

Grief — The Gift That Keeps on Taking

I forget who, but in a discussion about grief, someone remarked to me that Leah’s death was like “a gift that keeps on giving”.

Oct 28, 2023

Oct 28, 2023

The Trouble with Tribbles (and Linens and Triggers in Grief)

The Star Trek Original Series (TOS) episode, “The Trouble with Tribbles” is a personal favorite. In fact, thinking about it, most of my…

May 25, 2023

May 25, 2023

Time DOESN’T Heal ALL Wounds

The saying goes that, ‘time heals all wounds’. Those of us who have experienced the death of a loved one know how hollow those words sound…

Apr 28, 2023

Apr 28, 2023

The Hard Work of Moving Forward and Moving

I used to enjoy moving. Leah and I moved A LOT during our marriage. We didn’t have children, so we had the freedom of choice. We were also…

Dec 8, 2022

Dec 8, 2022

Sometimes, Life Does Repeat

I’m not going to lie and say that being a widower has endowed me with some special wisdom or insight. Throughout these writings, I have…

Oct 4, 2022

Oct 4, 2022

Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Grievers

OK, the title is misleading. Sorry. I only have a few maxims. Actually, I only have three so far.

Aug 26, 2022

Aug 26, 2022

Growing Older, But Not Up

My late wife, Leah, was about 13 months older than I was. Over the course of our 35-year marriage, she gracefully endured more than her…

Aug 25, 2022

Aug 25, 2022

Greg Stitz

Greg Stitz

Widower; former USNR Petty Officer/Commissioned Officer [(Gunner's Mate (Guns) First Class]; former 9-1-1 dispatcher; former museum curator; merchant mariner

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