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My Last Christmas with Mom

December 23, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My fondest Christmas memory In September, 2012, my brother and I helped move my mother, age 91, to her own apartment in a retirement home in Rochester, just five minutes from me. A month or so later, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: Christmas, family, mothers

Ladybugs, children and understanding death

October 16, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It's hard to believe it's been nearly six years since my son Derek died. Sometimes reminders fly at you from the most unlikely places. One such time was at a recent Poetry at the Farmhouse … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: children, death, family, grief, loss family

Taken too soon

September 11, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Earlier this year I discovered the infant section at Mount Avon Cemetery. Eleven babies in all. They were hard to find because the stones were nearly completely grown over. I imagine the parents have … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: babies, family, grief, loss, Mount Avon Cemetery

Love and loss on Labor Day, 2017

September 5, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

pet love

Emotional support: Today I tidied the gravesites of Jacob Vaness Young, his wife Leita and their two children, swapping out summer flowers for fall stuff. I took my corgi, Clementine, with me for the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: Clementine, family, grief, Jacob Vaness Young, Mount Avon Cemetery, pets

First Rehearsal for Listen To Your Mother

March 30, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Listen to your Mother

I was so excited - I hadn’t seen the Listen To Your Mother producers Angela Smith Youngblood and Angela Amman since my audition several months ago. The Angelas, as they like to call themselves, filled … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: Detroit, family, Listen To Your Mother, LTYM, mother

Every Least Sparrow: Special Needs Parenting

March 20, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Carolyn Walker writes about parenting a special needs child

A Parent's Expectations: Looking back, Carolyn Walker writes that it was good that she and her husband didn’t know what to expect when their daughter Jennifer was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews Tagged With: disability, family, memoir, parenting, Rubinstein-Taybi, special needs

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line