From a daughter-in-law’s perspective… It’s impossible to capture any one person perfectly, but this is my own brief remembrance of my mother-in-law, Maggie—a singular woman of great depth, contradictions, and quiet conviction, whom I was honored to have been embraced by for these past fifteen or so years. Maggie was: Strikingly intelligent! Well traveled! Wonderfully … Continue reading Remembering Maggie
Author: Jenn Theaker
I miss you, Pop
The last thing Pop said to me was, “I love you, I love you, I love you.”
No really, I can’t concentrate
December 2022 I'm -usually- a big reader. Always have been. Was such a bookworm as a kid, I'd sneak books under the covers and read with a flashlight. Got my wife back into reading when we got together. I'll get so into a book I'll forego sleep, not looking at the clock so as not … Continue reading No really, I can’t concentrate
Auld Lang Syne
Happy New Year! We had an exceedingly tough 2021, and yet we still have so much to be grateful for. Our country nearly fell into revolution and remains deeply, bitterly divided, and we, and the world, are seeing more and more far-right suspicion, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and hatred arise. Miss Rona, the deadly global pandemic, … Continue reading Auld Lang Syne
Are you still there, Mama?
07 September, 2021 Dear Mom, I can't believe you've been gone for 2 years now. I think of you almost every day, for one reason or another, and I miss you terribly. I wonder what your journeys have shown you since you left, and, recently, whether you and MauMau met up. I like to think … Continue reading Are you still there, Mama?
Am I Grown Up Yet?
So this is ... 50?! I have been adulting for a long time now, it would seem. As my dear old Uncle Mike* used to say, as of a certain age, "I'm ... plenty." I know I'm supposed to make some wise observations at this “milestone” birthday, and sure, 50years have certainly offered many lessons … Continue reading Am I Grown Up Yet?
Remembering Ms Mau…
A tribute to Kinko of House Cooney, First of Her Name. Side Eye Sorceress. Only Remaining Sister of the Irretrievably Lost Loki Cooney. Our Beautiful Green-eyed Meowdel, now gone from us over the Rainbow Bridge, but forever the Ruler of our Hearts. She was the erstwhile Queen of Rancho Groovy™️, Grand Dame of her G-Ma's … Continue reading Remembering Ms Mau…
QUAKE!
this one rly rattled me (sound on!) Pleasant Hill, CA 4.7 earthquake, Mon, 14-Oct, 10:33pm PST.
eulogy for mama
As I sat by my mom’s hospital bed through her illness, I never expected the outcome would be laying her to rest and crafting her eulogy.
navel-gazing
...and just like that, in the midst of an imaginary conversation, she uncovered a truth...
mahalogy 