Carolyn Lackey
He Restoreth My Soul
This post has been sitting in my drafts folder since 2020. I'd forgotten about it. When I read it a few days ago, I decided that I...
Becoming
the
Meems
the transformation is complete. I've become my mother.
by carolyn lackey
Becoming
Meems
the
Carolyn Lackey
- Sep 6
- 4 min
Buyer's Remorse
Dallas, Texas 1985ish I drove across Dallas from our little starter home in Mesquite to experience a Victor Costa outlet sale. Two dear...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Aug 19
- 6 min
Softly and Tenderly
I had just woken up from a deep Sunday nap one deliciously rainy afternoon. A TCM movie (and one of my favorites), Mildred Pierce, had...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Jul 30
- 3 min
A Year Later
This morning, I realized that a year has passed since that scary day. I checked my calendar to verify that today was, indeed, the...
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by Carolyn Lackey
- May 29
- 4 min
Proof Positive
I've shared with you over the years the dumb things I've done that have made me laugh out loud. Like that time I left my car parked on...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
Epilogue (I Told You I Was Sick S:1 Season Finale)
It's been a minute since my last post. I guess that's a good thing. I've been busy getting my life back to normal. While I was in the...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Sep 9, 2021
- 7 min
Something New (I Told You I Was Sick S:1 E7)
The question of when I would be released from the hospital was answered with "we'll see how you do." However, my stay in Stroke 9 was...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
India 3424, FEMALE (I Told You I was Sick S1:E6)
For some reason, hospitals now refer to foodservice as "room service." See what they did there with your expectation level? Well...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Aug 27, 2021
- 6 min
Stroke 9 (I Told You I was Sick S1:E5)
I held out hope that once the Clot-Buster successfully completed its work, I might be good to go back to our hotel room with its...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Aug 17, 2021
- 7 min
The Scary Part (I Told You I was Sick S1:E4)
I must apologize for dragging this story out. Apparently, writing these words is therapeutic for me. As the post-stroke days trudge by,...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Aug 10, 2021
- 4 min
Elevators (I Told You I was Sick S1:E3)
We heard the siren's whine getting louder and louder until the ambulance parked on the street just below our hotel room. "They're here!"...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Aug 3, 2021
- 3 min
Turns Out (I Told You I was Sick S1:E2)
On the evening of Saturday, July 24th, Alan, Reed (our youngest), and I sat at the dining table of my brothers-in-law, David and Russell,...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
Fu Manchu (I Told You I was Sick S1:E1)
Author's Note: "I told you I was sick" served as a punch line in my family. * child barfs all over the back seat of the 1970 Vega...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Mar 11, 2021
- 5 min
This Old Guitar
I do not play the guitar. But if I did, "This Old Guitar" would be one of the first tunes I'd strum. There's a melancholy sweetness...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Dec 23, 2020
- 3 min
Cha-Cha-Cha
Alan often tells me that when he's gone, I'll miss all of the little irritating things he does that make me roll my eyes. Cabinets left...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Sucker Punch
Grief is just the darnedest thing. One minute you're sitting there eating a ham sandwich feeling happy as a clam, and the next minute...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
The Last Errand
I stood in the back room of a flower shop where "the magic happens" when it hit me. This would be the last errand I would ever run with...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
Meems' Celebration Information
Link: Helen's Celebration FF to 15:00. The link will be available for a couple of weeks. Enjoy! cel
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Carolyn Lackey
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
The Sweetest Day
Yesterday was amazing. The air was cool. The fountain was gurgling. I was surrounded by three people who knew my mother the very best...
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Carolyn Lackey
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
It's All in the Packaging
Yesterday, I did something new. I gift-wrapped my mother. Let me explain. Alan went by the funeral home to pick up "Meems." That was...
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