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A little blog about the big walks that define me.

Tag: Death

Dear Lynne (written by me)

I wrote this last February (2017) with the knowledge that I may not get to see my sister before she left this planet. At the time, my niece Mariah (author of What I Wish I Would Have Known) read it to her. Luckily, I was able to see Lynne (along with Mariah and my other… Read More Dear Lynne (written by me)

April 4, 2018 MiamiGirlWalkingLeave a comment

What I Wish I Would Have Known (written by my niece)

What I Wish I Would Have Known A Daughter’s Experience of Her Mother’s Passing “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” ~George Eliot People don’t talk enough about death and dying. It’s odd that it’s such a taboo subject considering it happens to all of us at some point, but I can… Read More What I Wish I Would Have Known (written by my niece)

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 MiamiGirlWalking2 Comments

Haunted DTLA Walking Tour

DTLA Walking Tours has expanded its tour offerings to include a “Haunted” walking tour of DTLA, and it’s just in time for the season. Neel, DTLA Walking Tour’s owner and lead tour guide, has done an awesome job of pulling together facts, pictures, historical snippets and a winding path through some of DTLA’s most notorious… Read More Haunted DTLA Walking Tour

October 2, 2015January 26, 2016 MiamiGirlWalking1 Comment

A Story on Loss

RIP to Sam McComb III. He loved the beach, his family, a good laugh – and me. Early morning phone calls or knocks at the door are rarely omens of anything positive. Somewhere between 8 and 9 am, I heard loud knocking at my door, followed by repeated ringing of the doorbell. At the time,… Read More A Story on Loss

January 27, 2015June 3, 2017 MiamiGirlWalking3 Comments

AIDS Walk LA, 2014

(Read “Jon’s Story” for more perspective on today’s thoughts) Somehow, I didn’t have an emotional breakdown at any point in the 10k journey today though I came close. Once as we started and again as we got to where someone was screaming “6 more blocks”, there were tears. Somehow, I forcibly sucked them back into… Read More AIDS Walk LA, 2014

October 12, 2014June 3, 2017 MiamiGirlWalkingLeave a comment

Jon’s Story

Jon came to visit me the summer before the year I would understand, in some small part, what he was dying from. He came to say goodbye. All I knew, or suspected, was that he was sick in some way. He showed up at the front door – graying (far grayer than he had been in… Read More Jon’s Story

August 26, 2014June 3, 2017 MiamiGirlWalking3 Comments

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