Bostonmaggie

The shittiest day of the year.

May 28, 2018. Twenty-two months since Frank died. Sometimes I don't know how I've lived this long. I have no regrets about my ...

....to many people. For me it is the 50th anniversary of Papa Kelley's death.  He was my mother's father.  I had only turned 7 a f...

There are lots of people who are very good to me & invite me to visit.  One of my absolute favorite destinations is Mary Ripley's ho...

I was with Britt, the grandkids and Tommy came up too. Last year I hosted a party and had plans to do so this year as well.  But when crun...

I've always paid attention to the moon & celestial events.  I can remember sharing this with Frank & Tom & their friends.  ...

I waited until the game ended, but I forgot about the 5th Quarter.  Not that my father is any great talker on the phone.  He's talkative...

So generally the Kindle is for my mental snack food, post-apocalyptic fiction.  Zombies, EMPs, viruses.  I have Kindle Unlimited and I subsc...

So, like I said, there are lots of appointments.  Regular oncology stuff, the stuff with the dentist and catching up on regular "keep y...

I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma a little over nine years ago.  My prognosis was not awesome.  My MM sub-type was IgA, which at the tim...

Before people understood exactly what HIV & AIDS were, my son Tommy needed to undergo an operation to repair a heart defect.  He had bee...

Ok, so I am moving from one hide-away to another today.  Flying from PVD to BWI. I booked early. I got a good deal. I was packed and r...

Friday was chaos at the infusion center.  I didn't cause it, but I was suffering 2nd order effects. Normally when I have an infusion sch...

So, if you look back in this blog you'll see how much I love my birthday.  But it isn't always fabulous.  Like today. Saturday was...

I've made it six months.  Not a happy milestone. I am hiding out in Annapolis.  I wonder if that's fair to Tom? Someone said the...

The holidays were tough.  Thank God for my grandson Frankie or I never would have gotten out of bed on Christmas Day.  But I am glad I did b...

Easily the best part of my life even before I lost Frankie, Sr.  And my biggest consolation.  Every night and every morning I thank God that...

It's been good! Hanging with Tom.  Going through stuff that's here.  Spending time with myself. And - bonus - I found an old pai...

So full of grief and tears, that I can't tamp it down any more. Everyday there is something new.  One day it's little Frankie find...

I don't know how, but I did. 4 weeks.  28 days.  I think I will hate Thursdays for the rest of my life. All day some part of my brai...