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Category Archives: grief

The Judge

July 31, 2011by Val Sanford Leave a comment

“Well hi Val,” was the typical greeting from Sam as he would wander up the stairs from watching baseball to find me sitting with his daughter. “Hi Sam.  How are […]

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Death, Family, General, grief

We are the world.

June 28, 2009by Val Sanford 1 Comment

Michael Jackson isn’t really my cup of tea.  And the circus surrounding his death puts me off.  Yet Michael Jackson remains an important historical figure for my generation and I […]

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Death, General, grief, music, Volunteering
Christmas 2004

Without my Dad

November 23, 2008by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Some days I don’t remember Dad is gone.  I laugh, play, work, complain, sleep, eat and dream all without remembering.  Then out of nowhere, the dad-shaped hole in my being […]

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Family, friendship, General, grief

So much to say

September 30, 2008by Val Sanford 1 Comment

My head is full of stuff.   The firing of Mike’s mom’s caregiver.  The failed bill that would send $700B to Wall Street.  The dedication of Alice Paul and Lucy […]

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Family, friendship, grief, Politics, suffrage, Volunteering, women

Feeling crazy.

September 25, 2008by Val Sanford Leave a comment

This year needs to be over.  I plan to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and see if I can trick my life into thinking it’s in a new year and we can just […]

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Family, grief

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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