• Guest Bloggers

    S#itpit Insights

    Lynn Kellogg lives with her husband in upstate New York where internet connection is spotty, trees outnumber humans, and winter lasts way too long. A recently-retired educator, she’s a 46er who sometimes flies a Cessna and always loves the outdoors. As we journey along life’s byways, sometimes we lose control of the wheel, careen off our intended path, and plunge into a pit. The S#itpit. This pit oozes with challenges and setbacks. Daily and in small doses, we all face pain, frustration, fear, heartache, anger, and disappointment. Our lives bump up against chunks of uncertainty in the murky darkness of The S#itpit. Who voluntarily signs up for crap? Not me!…

  • Elaine's Journey,  Grief

    The Hijacker Called Covid-19

    Today is her birthday. Was her birthday. Past tense. Forevermore her life was, no longer is; so past tense. She’s gone. Passed away. Dead. She died just short of her 56th birthday. Thirty-seven days ago death hijacked life’s journey I expected to take with my wife Christy and put me on another path. The one without her on it. The one all widowed spouses travel. I’ve never done this before, this widow thing, but I saw my father and others navigate life after the death of a spouse. Same path. Different journeys. I have certain expectations about what the upcoming weeks and months will be like for me. I suspect…