Maria – Josh's blog

February 12, 2022February 13, 2022 admin Comments Off

How Do I Do Facebook? It’s pretty simple.

Took me 13 years, but I got this down When people comment on my posts: 95% of the time I do reply, it’s with a Like and one of these: Dude | This Guy | A…

Semi-charmed life

So it’s been about 25 years…but fresh as yesterday for me. I remember buying this CD (and this song) and playing it over and over. When we meet, I’ll tell you why. For now, leave it…

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 admin Comments Off

Grief

I have tried, and failed, to find any real references to a story which I attribute to Jim Bouton. It is somewhat of a cosmic coincidence that he lost his daughter Laurie within weeks of Maria’s…

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 admin Comments Off

Wish you were here, seriously

No, I can’t really call myself a Pink Floyd fan. I’ve got nothing against them…I just never really got into them. But at some point after we lost Maria, I heard this song…and it spoke to…

December 15, 2018August 25, 2021 admin Comments Off

Rachel’s letter (Warning: Troubling / Emotional content)

A year or 2 after we lost Maria, I was traveling on business to Boston. I fell asleep with the TV on…and I awoke in the middle of the night to hear this video. I don’t…

July 16, 2018 admin Comments Off

Be not afraid

There are a handful of songs which always remind me of Maria. I think it’s because they were either played at her funeral…or perhaps during the masses in the weeks and months after we lost her.…