Category Archives: Letting Go

To My Nieces On Their Graduation

Posted on April 2, 2014 by likeitiz

Dear Ronna and Mara: This period marks such a milestone to you and your family, with a high school graduation and a college graduation in the same year. For us parents, it is a time for quiet gratification that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Family, graduation, Letting Go, Life Stages, Parenting, Parents, Postaweek | Tagged Adolescence, college graduation, Family, graduation, high school graduation, letting go, Parenting, Postaday 2014, postaweek 2014 | 1 Comment

The Call

Posted on January 29, 2014 by likeitiz

I’m slowly awakened by a persistent ringing just outside my room. My eyelids reluctantly break their embrace. I sluggishly turn my head towards the sound. It’s the phone. Who could be calling on a lazy Sunday afternoon? Where is everyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, Death, Family, God, Letting Go, relationships, Religious Freedom, Religious Freedoms, Weekly Writing Challenge | Tagged DPCHallenge, Family, Rarasaur, Relationships, Religion, Weekly Writing Challenge | 11 Comments

Laid To Rest

Posted on April 26, 2013 by likeitiz

Today, I took some time off work to support some dear friends who were burying their dear 91-year old mother to rest. It was clear from the funeral services that she had lived her life centered around all the things … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Elderly Care, Family, Funeral, Funeral Services, Goodbye, Letting Go | Tagged death, Funeral, God, Homily, Hospice, letting go, Life Stages, postaday 2013 | 9 Comments

Campus Tours

Posted on April 7, 2013 by likeitiz

A few years ago, when our nieces were still in the midst of their middle school angst, we made a promise that when the time came to choose the right university, we would be happy to accompany them through the … Continue reading →

Posted in College Education, College Tour, Letting Go, University | Tagged Boston, Brown University, Colleges, Harvard University, letting go, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, New England, New York University, postaweek 2013, Travel, Tufts, Yale University | 5 Comments

Nanette And Me, In Three Parts

Posted on March 18, 2013 by esmeraldalyn

“Together” is a word that best describes our friendship. Nanette and I went to elementary school, high school and college together. We shared the same little corner of the world for many years and did a lot of happy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Central Park, Childhood Memories, Friend, Friendship, Letting Go, Life Stages, Manhattan, Neighborhood Walk, New Beginnings, Reinvent, Retirement, Teacher, Travel, Writing | Tagged Blogging, Filipino Diaspora, Getting rid of stuff, Gregorian chant, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Life after retirement, reinventing one's life, Retirement, Stress at work, Theresians, Travel, Volunteering | 11 Comments

Musings From The Empty Nest

Posted on August 31, 2012 by likeitiz

My daughter and a good friend from college have moved to a new apartment recently. She told me that she and her friend would really like to fill their pied-a-terre with plants. Could I please help them with this? I … Continue reading →

Posted in Empty Nest, Family, Letting Go, mother-daughter relationship | Tagged Empty Nest, letting go, mother-daughter relationship, Parent, postaday2012, Postaweek2012 | 14 Comments

Old Checks – A Short Story

Posted on August 8, 2012 by likeitiz

She knew it was time to simplify her life. She owed it to herself, she was convinced. Having more than one home was getting to be too much for her. She would remember a pair of favorite sandals while … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, growing old, Infidelity, Letting Go, marital infidelity, Marriage, Short Story | Tagged Family, fiction, Infidelity, Marriage, postaweek2011, Postaweek2012, short story | 14 Comments

The Morality of Lies

Posted on October 9, 2011 by likeitiz

I got a call today from a friend across the globe. She said she wanted to see how I was doing. Then she told me she had a recent argument with her mother. It turns out that her mother had … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Catholicism, God, Letting Go, Life Choices, Moral Issues, Parents, Religion | Tagged Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Religion, Religion and Spirituality | 5 Comments

Stories over Roast Duck Dinners

Posted on September 1, 2011 by likeitiz

Our daughter decided to treat us to a dinner of roast duck in two courses last week. It was her gift to her father, who was to celebrate his birthday in a few days. It was supposed to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Child, Childhood Friends, Cuisine, Death, Family, Family Members, Food, Issues & Trends, Kids, Letting Go, Parents, Siblings | Tagged Childhood friend, death, Duck, Family, Food, Friends, Roast Duck | 2 Comments

Waiting Room Stories

Posted on August 6, 2011 by likeitiz

Last week, I was sitting in a half empty waiting room while my father was having his hearing tested. I had finished filling all the information and HIPAA forms when I glanced up and saw a pleasant-looking elderly gentleman smiling … Continue reading →