The project
As I wrote in the first chapter of this series, sometimes the most overlooked places are the ones closest to home. For my latest photography project, I decided to focus on a single corner of my own town. The idea is simple: spend time photographing one small area.
After I showed off the Feline Health Center, I know everyone is dying to see what else is there. Well, there is the Taqueria, and the defunct Papa Murphys’.
I also find where the dirt ends!
This is difficult!
Finding interest in the mundane is certainly one of the hardest things I have tried to do! So far I have noticed several things in the little mall I had not seen in ten years of passing by…
Checking in
Tomorrow would be my wedding anniversary and it would have been 20 years.
In a previous post, I mentioned wanting to share more about my experience with widowhood. The reason is simple: I want people to know. For those who have recently lost their spouses, or will someday, perhaps my experience, though personal, can offer some insight.
People say weird things to widows right after our loss!!! It adds insult to injury. Although probably well intentioned, it is bewildering that people say these things to us without knowing how hard it is to lose a spouse.
Below, a short list (quoted) and what I wanted to say back and didn’t!
- “Now you are free! You can do whatever you want!” I was not in prison!
- “He is in a better place” (referring to the deceased). Maybe, but I certainly am not!
- “Everything happens for a reason”. Seriously?
- “You will find someone else”. I didn’t know I was looking for a replacement!
- “I know how you feel. I lost my cat last year and it was terrible”. Uh that must have been much worse.
- “Your husband would not like to see you suffering”. Don’t worry, he can’t see it.
- “But he smoked”. He did. But even though you don’t smoke, one day you will die too!
- “Get a dog”. What a simple solution to the loss of my husband! Why didn’t I think about it sooner?
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Wall Art landscapes and miscellaneous
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