Tag Archives: healing

It’s How We Move Forward

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Pamela Hester King

Bestie jetted off with her hubs for an impromptu vacay to Maui – which is so un-Bestie like. She’s very methodical. I was happy to hear about the trip. Everyone should figure out how to bust out now and then. … Continue reading →

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Next of Kin

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Pamela Hester King

“Excuse me”, I interrupted, “the person you have listed as my next of kin is dead.” “Oh. I’m sorry. When did your husband die?” Pause. “32 years ago.” “Ooh,” a half-startled sigh from the passport agent, behind the window at … Continue reading →

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Healing

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Pamela Hester King

Today Facebook reminded me that five years ago I made a post on my late husband’s birthday. He was 73 on that day. I didn’t need reminding. I already knew he’d be 78 today. I remembered yesterday, and this morning … Continue reading →

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Truth

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Pamela Hester King

Recently I was a guest on The Kiss My Age Show podcast. The episode’s topic was  the “invisibility” of women of a certain age. (Check the App Store or Google Play on your device for a podcast subscription. If you’re a mid-century … Continue reading →

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Insides and Outsides

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Pamela Hester King

I’d always been round. A chubby child. Pleasantly plump. Pink cheeks on fair skin. Dark, dark, wavy hair. A cherubic babe from a Renaissance painting born to a later era. I felt like a near-miss. Mine is the least reliable memory … Continue reading →

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If You Hear Tears in the Night

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Pamela Hester King

I didn’t know my son, whose second floor bedroom was above mine, could easily hear me sob at night. Tears held back in daylight came to find me then. Sorrow already surfaced recycled in the dark. Switching sides of the … Continue reading →

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Something Beautiful

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Pamela Hester King

Vicki carried the orchid to work one morning and set it on my desk. A white phalaenopsis nearly two feet tall in a beautiful cachepot nestled in a florist’s white gift box. Spanish moss covered the redwood planting bark. Three willowy bloom … Continue reading →

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