by kimmel1972 | Dec 31, 2021 | Ben's Blog
Everyone knows there is a beginning, a middle and an end to everything. We know this but nothing ever prepares us for that last goodbye. Nothing ever helps the realization that this might be the last time we see each other. And we hurt and we weep. We mourn and we...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 30, 2021 | Ben's Blog
And then there’s life. Then there’s the things we see and the things we think and feel. There’s the little things we pick up and the big things that we miss. Life is eventual and inevitable. No one gets out, pain free, and no one goes without a scratch or without a...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 29, 2021 | Ben's Blog
Not sure if you remember but I was hospitalized when I was somewhere around the age of eight or so. My memory of this has faded. At best, my memories are minimal. My only memories were the window and the view from the bed. I overlooked a golf course. The air, the sky...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 28, 2021 | Ben's Blog
We were moving closer towards the last moments. I suppose this is when family pulls together. This is when differences are put to the side and that regardless of whatever happened in the weeks, months or years before, this is when family shows up. And it’s always...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 27, 2021 | Ben's Blog
It’s amazing what a little separation will do. Even more so is the amazing realization that comes when we see ourselves exactly as we are. And it was strange to see my bedroom. It was strange to think that I had only been gone for a little more than four months and...
