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Category Archives: My Personal History
He Keeps Me Singing
I was a sad girl when I met Jack Pelham in November of 1998. My younger brother (and best friend) had died from cancer in July, and my grief was unbearable at times. Three months after my brother’s death, I … Continue reading
Posted in Music, My Personal History
Tagged Jack, keeping my sanity, marriage, vocal music
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Parents Aren’t Supposed to Bury Their Children
We buried our daughter on this day 15 years ago, the day after she had breathed her last in my mother’s arms. The funeral home hosted a visitation for family and friends, and then we all drove to the cemetery … Continue reading
Posted in My Personal History
Tagged grief, Virginia Grace
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The Case of the Awesome Sister
Some time after I had started piano lessons at age 7, my mother asked my sister Karen, five years my senior, if she wanted to take lessons. Karen responded, “Why would a lawyer need to know how to play piano?” … Continue reading
Posted in Music, My Personal History, Uncategorized
Tagged family, siblings, sisters
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On the Fifteenth Anniversary of Our Daughter’s Birth
Our daughter, Virginia Grace Pelham, was born February 3, 2006 and passed from this life three weeks later, almost to the very hour of her birth, on February 24, 2006. I’ve often written on social media and on this blog … Continue reading
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Tagged blessed, grateful, grief, remembering, trisomy-18, Virginia Grace
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Naive
When I was not yet 18 years old, I was headed to college 12 hours away from home. I was excited about this. Not that I had not enjoyed my super secure home life with Mom, Dad, 3 older siblings, … Continue reading
The Block around which I’ve Beeeen
From time to time I comment that I have “been around the block enough to know”, so I am parking here a post that I will update when necessary, and link to whenever I catch myself making that comment, to … Continue reading
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Tagged experience, knowledge, my past, travels, understanding, wisdom
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