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Diana Sherman

Writer, Gamer, Geek Girl

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Puppies Make Everything Better

July 1, 2014 by diana 2 Comments

This is Gracie, our latest foster. She’s about 3 months old, fearless, wriggly, happy, and absolutely determined to pounce Ragnar at every opportunity. She hides under the coffee table and waits for him to walk by so she can nip at his feet. At which point he, of course, flops down on his stomach and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dogs, Family Ghosts, Health, Loss Tagged: animal rescue, cancer, dad, death, family, fostering, grief, puppies, Ragnar

I Remember

June 24, 2014 by diana Leave a Comment

One of the things that infuriated me when Carolyn died when I was a kid was the feeling that everyone else had forgotten about her. Within weeks, days. We don’t actually forget that quickly. Not those who were close. Not those who cared deeply during life. The ones who forget are the ones who didn’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family Ghosts, Loss Tagged: cancer, death, grief, loss

The Price of Writing, My Broken Myths, and Jay

June 3, 2014 by diana 2 Comments

I’ve had writers block for seven years. What I consider writers block. I realize others have different definitions. But. Largely, the joy had gone out of it. Writing was like pulling teeth. I was still good enough at it to make a living, but… My relationship with my writing had become adversarial. And I figured … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family Ghosts, Loss, Writing Tagged: cancer, death, family, grief, identity, Jay, loss, video game writing, writer's block

No more (the year-in-review downer post)

December 31, 2013 by diana Leave a Comment

I would like a year with no more cancer. No more friends, family, or coworkers getting frightening diagnoses, or dying right as they were supposed to be getting better. No more unexpected emergencies for supposedly run-of-the-mill intestinal problems, that turn a half hour surgery into a four hour series of surgeries and require a second … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family Ghosts, Health, Loss Tagged: cancer, dad, death, grandma, grief, loss, mom

Rabbi Plans to Kill Dogs Because he Can’t be Bothered

June 27, 2013 by diana 12 Comments

Or at least, that’s what he’s trying to do. But I’m not going to let him. And I’m asking for your help. My grandmother died in March, leaving her rabbi & tenant of the last 15 years as her primary beneficiary. Which makes perfect sense; he was her family. She left him lifetime tenancy in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dogs, Family Ghosts, Idiocy, Loss Tagged: animal rescue, dogs, evil rabbi, fostering, grief, loss

Orion

January 18, 2012 by diana 1 Comment

When we bring him home the first day he’s covered in dirt. I carry him past mom and into the bathroom to wash him while Dave runs interference. We weren’t supposed to get a puppy, we were just supposed to look. But really, send Dad and Dave and me out to look at puppies and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dogs, Family Ghosts, Loss Tagged: dogs, grief, orion

Borrowed Prayers

October 14, 2011 by diana Leave a Comment

I don’t have any appropriate prayers. Perhaps the El Malei Rachamim if I knew Hebrew — . But Emily Dickinson… her poems can be my prayers. I think, maybe, they always have been. Death sets a thing significant The eye had hurried by, Except a perished creature Entreat us tenderly To ponder little workmanships In crayon … [Read more…]

Posted in: Loss Tagged: death, grief, loss, Wendy
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