by Michelle Lasley | Jul 19, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Parenting, Post a Day 2011
Here is the obligatory annual Cristi reflection. Not a day goes by where I don’t think of my late sister. Not a day goes by where I don’t stop to wonder what life would be like to grow older with the sister who was closest to my twin. Not a day goes by...
by Michelle Lasley | May 15, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Parenting, Post a Day 2011
When I consider the date, I often think of her. It was her birthday. Now guilt too surrounds missing my nieces birthday which falls the day before. It’s poetic that our modem died on this day. I asked her on a few occasions: don’t you feel unlucky that...
by Michelle Lasley | Feb 19, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Parenting, Post a Day 2011
We are (wo)men. (Or Womyn if you prefer). Women and men. We are human. We are not God, god, or gods. We are imperfect. We make mistakes. We lose things. We forget things. We unintentionally (sometimes intentionally) hurt people. We crash things. We break things. We...
by Michelle Lasley | Jan 9, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Parenting, Post a Day 2011
Image by alexis22578 via Flickr This too shall pass. This phrase is one of my favorite. Why? Simply because it’s true. It doesn’t matter what is happening at any given moment at any time at any event: This too shall pass. Good, bad, horrible, indifferent,...
by Michelle Lasley | Jan 8, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Post a Day 2011
Suggested topic: What do you want to be remembered for? Cristi’s death forced my hand on this question. Sure, I’ve had a few grandparents pass away, but when your peer, your sister dies “before her time” it makes you think about this topic a...