This entry is part of my personal series on grief, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. When I try to write about my sister, Kim, and her daughter, Katherine, I come up with memories of absurd situations, stories I can hardly believe happened. Those two were very much alike: they both lived […]
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It Keeps Happening, for a Reason
Shana and Marcus are regular contributors to GDTRFG; this is the first time I’ve put their writing here in my personal series, Wish You Were There. In truth, this post connects to several themes throughout this blog. It was written by Shana. At this point, you might suspect that I was referring to the rain […]
That Cracker Dog’s Gonna Flop Bot (and other family sayings)
This entry is part of my personal series on grief, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. Turns out those two phrases did not originate with my family; we’re all plagiarizers! It was a character in All Creatures Great and Small who used to say that her dog running around like crazy was […]
I Am My Parents More Than Ever
This entry is part of my personal series on grief, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. It’s been 40 years since my mom and dad were together, but there’s a story about them that I’ve realized keeps getting bigger for me. The gist is that Dad was always out pushing boundaries, while […]
My Sister’s Stuff: What I Found When She Died
This entry is part of my personal series on grief, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. It feels like I’m being cruel to write about my sister via the things she owned. I mean, how weird is it that when you die, all your stuff is left just sitting there, like makeup […]
Mom’s Bird Book
This entry is part of my personal series on grief, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. I didn’t hold a service or go to one for my sister or my niece (I was taking care of Mom, kind of), but when Mom was the last of that set to die, I was […]
What I Learned after My Sister Died
This entry is part of my personal series on grief, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. Now that it comes down to it, I’m struggling to figure out how to write about my sister even though she’s on my mind a lot. Turns out, it’s tricky writing anything negative about a dead […]
Who’s Who
My first post in this series (this previous post) basically explains what is “Wish You Were There”; this one lays the groundwork. I want to be able to tell you about my family, but I need to get the basics down, first. Above is an absolutely hilarious and absolutely accurate photo of my family. I’m […]
Introducing: Wish You Were There
WIth this post, I’m beginning an experiment with a subcategory of this blog that’s more personal than my usual posts. I know. How can you get even more personal? I’m a gonna try. And I’m going to house these entries not on the homepage of Going Down the Road but under a tab called “Wish […]
