My mother passed away on December 10, 2009. I needed a way to help myself work through the grieving process. I knew that just writing an occasional entry in a paper journal wouldn't help me deal w/ the myriad of emotions. I've pledged to write in this blog every day for a year to chronicle what I hope will lead from the pain of mourning to the glory of remembrance.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Saturday, 02 October 2010 -- Day 286 (299)
Stress caused by sadness doesn't seem to have the detrimental physiological affects that stress caused by worry. Even w/ all the stress of mourning, I never got ill. Now, after a couple of weeks of worrying about Kenzie, I have a cold. Despite not feeling well, I had to go to Mankato, MN, about 1 1/2 hours away to get Kenzie's Crohn's medicine from the FedEx store there. I know that seems strange, but Mayo Specialty Pharmacy shipped it there from Rochester b/c Kenzie needs it first thing Monday. FedEx doesn't deliver here on Saturdays, and it has to be refrigerated so I spent most of my day in the car. The 1970's were being featured on the classic rock station so I listened to a 1972 taping of American Top 40 w/ Casey Kasem. 1972 was a great year. I was in 2nd grade; Mom was 42 and already a four-year survivor of ovarian cancer. My only worries were .......well, as an eight-year-old, I didn't have any worries. It's no wonder the music of the 70's has the power to make me feel better.
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