About Me

My name is Virginia, and I am the author of Pics and Poems.  I’ve lived in the New Hampshire area for the past 27 years where I also worked as a full-time middle school secretary until my retirement in June, 2008.  

This April, 2010, I lost my husband and soulmate, Ed, after he suffered a long and courageous battle with several illnesses.  We had been married for 45 years, and I miss my best friend terribly.  We were both born and brought up in Massachusetts, and enjoyed traveling together whenever the opportunity presented itself.  We had some wonderful excursions to Montreal, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and enjoyed trips to all the New England states.  For 13 years, from the mid-Sixties and through most of the Seventies, we lived in California (Berkeley/San Francisco area), and during that time span traveled across the United States, from coast to coast, 3 times, on a shoestring.  I’m grateful for those experiences, even though we had very little money, as these trips gave me an unforgettable view of this beautiful country.  Our last trip resulted in a permanent move from California back to Massachusetts, and finally to New Hampshire in 1983.  I am forever grateful for the 45 years we shared and I will carry those memories in my heart until I leave this earth and we're together once more.

My family brings me great joy and has been a wonderful source of support during this very sad period for all of us.  I cherish time spent with my children and grandchildren, and since my family lives a distance from me, the quality of our time together is especially significant to me.

It's been a long time since I've written any poetry.  I was very involved in my late husband's care for a long period of time, which was a labor of love and loyalty, but which provided little time for writing.  I'm sure the need to write will return.  This is a new passage in my life, still ripe with so much anguish, yet in time may flourish with expression.  I hope to enjoy writing poetry and creating pages for my web site, again, but first, I must go through this grief which grabs at my heart and soul every day.  

 In the meantime, I thank you for your visits and kind comments. 

Wishing you peace and blessings,

Virginia


 


 


 

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