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Make a Splash

Jan 10, 2016 By elinwaldal 29 Comments

The alarm sounds, the mind wakes up, and unless we are on vacation, our to-do list unfurls itself in our head. We roll out of bed and think, what do I have to do today? The unfurled list follows us to the bathroom. Joins us in the shower and then rides shotgun as we make our way through […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons Tagged With: Death, Life, Living, To-do list

The Everyday Last Day

Oct 8, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 20 Comments

What would it really be like to live as if every single day were your last. Every. Single. Day. In short, the everyday last day. When I left the house for a run this morning an article I had read in, The New York Times, about end-of-life-care, aptly called, The Best Possible Day, was still circling my mind. It […]

Filed Under: Aging Tagged With: Death, Life, Living, Present moment, Right to Die

Baking and Memory

Nov 28, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

Crouched down I retrieved the binder which is beyond bursting with recipes—some clipped from newspaper, some from magazines, while others were passed on. I knew what I was looking for when I flipped the tab marked “breads” to the side. Her long-hand penmanship came into view; involuntarily I sat on the cold tile beneath the […]

Filed Under: Grief, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: cooking, Death, Grandma, Grief, sweet rolls, Tradition

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