Words from Kris D. Murphy
(re-post from 2014, true then, true today) Re-entry. Head is still a mess…heart is tangled up, too. But felt like I need to get some words down and out there in the middle of this spin cycle of re-entry. 24 hours ago I woke up in Hopkins, Belize. No, not the fancy resort part of […]
i’ve just finished a great read on what grieving folks want us to know at this time of year. i remember the Christmas of 1985. It was the “year of the checkbox” for me. After June 19, 1985, every major holiday, milestone, or event simply felt like a box to check off. First birthday – […]
[reblog from 2011] Yesterday was rough. At about 3p my sweet daughter was shaking with pain and fear. And, through it all – I was there feeling helpless. She just kept begging me for one thing – to answer a question: “WHY, Mommy? But, WHY, Mommy?” I suppose I should update you – she’s going […]
I love words. I luv to use hyperbole (/hīˈpərbəlē/ – exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally). No really. I luv hyperbole so much I could explode (um…see?). Somehow these facts brought something to my attention recently: I overuse the word “love”. I hyperbole it. (And yes, I DID just create a […]
Sometimes these blogs just need to be out there all over again… *originally posted 6/14/15 Dont have lots of words to string together into a blog today. i do have lots of thoughts, feelings, experiences, n stuff…but the words…they just seem to dangle out there like the branches on a mango tree. They just dont […]
(originally posted on June 17, 2006) One year and five months. As I type this, my hands are shaking. Remembering. Feeling it all again. The parking lot where Brent and I had to pull over and sob together after the pediatrician gave us the news. One year and five months ago our world screeched to […]
Throwback Monday (um…that’s not actually a THING). Here’s a great thought for all of us now, from Kris back then (2006ish?)… i just finished – quite possibly – the best book I’ve read. I’m sad its over. The book ends with a charge of sorts. It challenged me to consider my definition of true success. And, […]