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Sad news about Karsten’s dad

Karsten’s father passed away yesterday. He was 84, and he’d been dealing with a variety of illnesses including emphysema (despite having never smoked a day in his life) and prostate cancer (which he beat — it was the treatment that

Kate ONeill August 9, 2008 Family, Grief, Karsten 5 Comments Read more

Thanks, Josh Ritter, for getting me ready for Monday

Monday is the anniversary of my dad’s death, again. It was a reflective time for me last year and it’s looking like it will be the same this year. I can tell because last night we went to see Josh

Kate ONeill November 3, 2007February 6, 2015 Dad, Grief, Music Appreciation, Out & About, Song Reviews, Songwriting 5 Comments Read more

Forgetting about Father’s Day

I wonder about the organizers of Bonnaroo, and whether they intentionally scheduled the festival for the weekend of Father’s Day. You have to figure that with 80,000 some attendees, there are bound to be a whole lot of arguments about

Kate ONeill June 17, 2007February 5, 2015 Dad, Grief, Holidays, Introspection 3 Comments Read more

And no paper cuts yet, either!

I’m tackling my big paper pile o’ doom. This paper pile actually started accumulating while my dad was sick, and has slowly grown its own gravity field ever since. I’ve paid bills and taken care of enough odds and ends

Kate ONeill May 13, 2007 Grief, Managing Money, Organization, Productivity 10 Comments Read more

Movie plots that scream “stay away!”

I honestly can’t think of a movie concept I’d be likely to enjoy less than this one.

Kate ONeill February 23, 2007 Dad, Grief, Movies & DVDs 4 Comments Read more

One small year and some tiny kittens

Well, here it is: the day I’ve been dreading. It’s been one year since my dad died. I thought I would have a lot to say about that, but I find myself oddly quiet on the subject. The only thing

Kate ONeill November 5, 2006February 5, 2015 Dad, Family, Grief, Introspection, Music Appreciation, Out & About, Status Reports 13 Comments Read more

A great loss from my past

In the MySpace forum for my high school, I just found out that my high school band director died in June. I’m totally heartbroken about it. I searched a little on the web, and found a Legacy.com guest book for

Kate ONeill September 1, 2006February 6, 2015 Grief 7 Comments Read more

It’s a long drive back to Nashville…

but we made it in one piece. Well, two pieces, I suppose, counting me and Karsten separately. I’m completely exhausted. Glad to be home, but have already cried twice tonight. I’m going to try going back to work on Monday.

Kate ONeill November 12, 2005 Dad, Grief 8 Comments Read more

When at last you reach the end, turn around and start again

When your cell phone rings at 2:35 AM, you can be sure it’s a call you wish you didn’t have to take. I marveled at how calm my mother managed to sound as she said, “Your father passed.” I took

Kate ONeill November 5, 2005February 5, 2015 Dad, Family, Grief, Introspection 39 Comments Read more

Drawing to a close

So I guess I haven’t posted in a while. It’s not for lack of stuff to write. In fact, I should probably be journaling like crazy through all of this because, as I explained to over the phone a few

Kate ONeill October 18, 2005February 5, 2015 Dad, Grief, Status Reports 24 Comments Read more
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