The Chaos of Family

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 18, 2018 | Laughter Musings | 44 |

My family is not calm. My family is not calm. Not a single aspect of my family has ever been calm....

Getting Up Each Day After the Death of Loved One

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 17, 2018 | Musings on Grief | 21 |

The process of dealing with grief starts with talking about it. Whether the loss is accident, disease or suicide. Sharing grief is one way to process what has happened.

How did rebel me turn into my mother?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 13, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Musings on Grief | 10 |

Are you one of those daughters who always wanted to grow up to be like your mom? Email me, we need to talk!
While my mother had some awesome traits–the knack of laughing so hard she’d nearly stop breathing, the ability to make math look easy, the skill to create the flakiest pie crust–I never wanted to be her.

The Necessity of Keeping Color In Your Life

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 3, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Travel Musings | 2 |

One of the things about winter in the northeastern United States that brings me down is the monochromatic landscape we live with when the flowers are dead, the tree branches bare naked and the grass dormant, waiting. I love color and spring and summer blooms make my heart happy. What about you? What do you do to keep vividness around you all the time?

Do You Have Keeping Issues?

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 31, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Practical Musings | 4 |

Ah, the stuff we collect over the many years of our lives. Family and friends know how often I’ve moved, so pack-ratting is not a part of my DNA. But I have to admit to being sentimental about certain of my belongings … how about you? When do you keep a thing and when do you move it on?

It’s Our Parents’ Fault

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 29, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Musings on Grief | 32 |

Older sister Jackie and I agree: Our problems in life are directly related to our parents and the way they brought us up. There was too much humor, fun, and good times — we thought that was reality. We’ve discovered that the world does not operate that way, but the lessons our folks taught us have served us well.

Sudoku and Drastic Changes

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 27, 2018 | Musings on Grief, Opinionated Musings | 0 |

I’m a habitual person. Maybe all of us are, even if we don’t want to admit it and have it be seen...

Parents: do you use idle threats?

by Rose Mary Griffith | May 24, 2018 | Laughter Musings | 12 |

What were some vintage phrases your parents used to get you in line or, what great phrases have you invented as parents, aunts, or uncles? Our family lingo was peppered with such imagery that we kids might have, maybe, just possibly, acted up occasionally just to hear what our folks were coming up with next!