Comedian Steve Martin in 2011 Comedian Steve Martin is obviously an incredibly multi-talented, award-winning funny guy. To me, Steve Martin is one of those celebrities that I just accept as being the way they are as they present themselves in their work. I don’t think of him as a little boy or as having parents. He is who he is as he… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Rosa Parks
When I read that the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a stamp commemorating civil right activist Rosa Parks, I said to myself, “It’s about time.” Parks, who would have turned 100 this year, was riding a segregated and crowded bus home in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 when a white man wanted her seat. She refused to… Read more »
It’s Your Road
Thought For The Day. . . I know this picture is a bit on the grainy side, but I really liked the sentiment of the saying: “It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, But no one can walk it for you.” It would be nice if someone could take our… Read more »
Breaking Out of Expectations
Photo Courtesy NY Daily News When I write about rebuilding our lives after a loss, I don’t mean to make it sound as though I suddenly woke up one morning and decided “today is the day I’m going to try to put a brand new life together.” Instead, what I really mean to say is that it is… Read more »
Healing Therapy
Drawing By NYC Multiple Medium Artist Joe Mangrum One of my sisters has a shoulder that is frozen and she is going to a physical therapist who helps her work through the incredibly stiff shoulder muscles and joint. If the physical therapy doesn’t work, then she may have to have surgery and she really doesn’t want… Read more »
Party Girl
OMG my wonderful readers, I don’t know about you but I need a good laugh! There are too many stressful things happening in my family right now that I can’t write about but believe me when I tell you that a good laugh must happen in order for me to feel better about life and… Read more »
In Written Sympathy
Yesterday I wrote a sympathy card to a man who once lived across the street from our family when I was growing up. Sadly, his wife died last week after suffering for about a year with a degenerative illness. He could no longer take care of his wife by himself and instead moved her to… Read more »
Get Your S#%t Together
Are you one of those people who thinks that if they prepare to write their will that they are inviting tragedy to happen to them? Guess what? It doesn’t work that way. Chanel Reynolds If you haven’t taken care of executing your will, and/or sharing bank account numbers with your spouse or partner, then you… Read more »
Comfort Dogs
“Charlie” They say that dogs can sense when people need comforting. And when dogs feel a person’s fatigue, sadness or loneliness, it is in their nature to give companionship and sometimes entertainment to the person in need. I have been watching the generous spirit of a new puppy named Charlie who has joined the family of… Read more »
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A blog about moving through grief by developing resilience, practicing wellness & finding the wicked funny side of life. Widow. Mom. Writer. Dancer.
