The concept of Swedish death cleaning, popularized by Margarita Magnusson, is now ubiquitous on social media and the Internet. Before I discovered it formally, I had already bought into the idea through my own restlessness. I discovered a personal need to tie up loose ends and remove the dross out of a life I no longer wanted cluttered with the remains of a wonderful something that no longer existed.
Outside my windows is a magnificent mountain. After six months of living here, I discovered that it is called Sunrise Mountain, quite a beautiful name in itself. But before I knew that, I christened him Hermann, named after a long-ago cat we had loved.
I am 77 years old. In December 2021, my husband, Jim, was hospitalized with an acute kidney infection. Then the nightmare began. Two days in ICU, 2 days in acute. Two weeks in a rehab hospital including a morose Christmas…
I am 77 years old. In December 2021, my husband, Jim, was hospitalized with an acute kidney infection. Then the nightmare began. Two days in ICU, 2 days in acute. Two weeks in a rehab hospital including a morose Christmas…
I am 77 years old. In December 2021, my husband, Jim, was hospitalized with an acute kidney infection. Then the nightmare began. Two days in ICU, 2 days in acute. Two weeks in a rehab hospital including a morose Christmas…
I am 77 years old. In December 2021, my husband, Jim, was hospitalized with an acute kidney infection. Then the nightmare began. Two days in ICU, 2 days in acute. Two weeks in a rehab hospital including a morose Christmas…