A wonderful woman, Betty Garrison, left the world a year ago today. She is sorely missed by me and many others. I’m doing my best to remember her on Val’s behalf too. This year I’m gonna pick out some new dahlias in her honor.
mother
A short history of Betty’s life
We wanted to share with you Betty Garrison’s obituary, a fascinating brief outline of her varied life, written by her family. Here it is; enjoy. EUREKA – Betty Lee Garrison went home to be with her Lord Jesus on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at age 87. Her battle with pancreatic cancer Continue Reading
this terrible feast
i am thinking now of saying goodbye. how to say goodbye. to my mother. trapped in her body. mouth open, eyes glazed and fixed. staring. and her odd ungated voice, robbed of consonants. her dry uncooperative tongue. i tell her i love her. and then i tell her, under my Continue Reading
missing Betty
Friends, Still no time to write, but I know people worry, so I just wanted to say Val and I are still here. Lots of big events in the last couple weeks, too big to encompass in hurried snippets. The biggest event is that the very beloved Betty Garrison, Valerie’s Continue Reading
snow on Ksanka
We are still in Montana, taking care of one another during these rich days that are at once intense and domestic. Betty, Val’s mom, is holding steady in her weakened dream state, occasionally speaking, very occasionally occupying the same timestream as us. Val is very absorbed in taking care of her Continue Reading
family
Dears, Val is in Montana visiting her dad, Miles; her sister, Sandy; and her mother, Betty, who is very sick with pancreatic cancer. Miles and Sandy (and Val’s sister Jane, and other visiting family) have been taking good care of Betty. Everyone is very tired and sad, and glad to Continue Reading