Lessons About Human Nature and Grief From My Work With Chemically Dependent Individuals

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dave3103 November 27, 2013 - 9:18am

I am thankful for the brilliant teachings contained in “The Afterlife of Billy Fingers” by Annie Kagan.  For me, Billy’s teachings are not just about life, death and the afterlife; they are about recognizing that every life has value, regardless of what is seen on the surface.

The Spirit of Birthday Year Two

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WidowintheCity November 26, 2013 - 1:50am
When a change comes into your world full of shock, devastation and of great pain shattering all you are, all you have, all your dreams it’s as though you wait for your eyes to open to see that it just was really a dream.  Two years ago this was my nightmare that to my surprise was no dream, I can’t explain enough how shattered your whole life comes to many little pieces laying ar

Pain In The Heart

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WidowintheCity November 26, 2013 - 1:45am

Seeing the pain in your eyes brings me back to the days of mine that where I felt nothing will ever be the same, that where I was I’d be forever held captive in pain for the rest of the life that I lived.  When I hear the words that are spoken loss of hope and belief of what happiness you had will ever re

Do Not Disturb My Darkness

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WidowintheCity November 26, 2013 - 1:40am
When I come from the colder side of thinking my mind asks “why did I just have to look down at my father with no life in him as before, laying still but looking at peace”?  Why did he leave me when we could have done so much more with each other, that I wasted so much time running from my past that I ignored the fact to just be love?  “Why did I have to wake up every single