Tag Archives: mourning

Christmas 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Christmas moved me back into watercolors. Hard not to be moved to color when it is such a colorful season! It was also a move back to Catholic rituals, as my Mom dying prompted me to saying some prayers to … Continue reading →

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Mom’s Death: A Month of Journaling, II

Posted on December 29, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Continuing from the previous post… After that I began to notice the times I thought of her — I actually thought of her a lot more than I knew — and each time I had to remind myself she wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Mom’s Death: A Month of Journaling, I

Posted on December 28, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

I still don’t have a lot to say about my Mom’s death almost a month later. It is hard to talk about. The couple of days before she died I did this journal entry above. She’d been in and out … Continue reading →