grief – Enthusiastically, Dawn

All I know About Grief and Sadness

I have been thinking about the way grief has moved into my life, a permanent, unwanted resident. I have been trying to figure out daily how to navigate life with this new occupant who, whether I want to accept it or not, has decided to stay. I have been leaning hard on faith, which, inContinue reading “All I know About Grief and Sadness”

First Day of the Second Summer Without You

“Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.”

Let’s Get (Re)Aquainted

I set out to write a bit about myself for those who are new to my public persona here at Enthusiastically, Dawn, but each time I attempt to write, I find myself frozen. There I sit, staring at the screen, eyes glazed, mind blank…a statue. This is a strange experience for me. Since blogging publicallyContinue reading “Let’s Get (Re)Aquainted”

A Letter to My Daughter One Year Later

Dear Katherine, It’s been a year now since you took your life. A year and 7 days to be precise. The truth is nothing is precise in our lives here anymore. Since that time, life goes on, but is a blur of meaningless activity overshadowed by your absence. Time is irrelevant. Day, night, hours- whatContinue reading “A Letter to My Daughter One Year Later”