Rushing back
I should know by now that Dad's death will come rushing back to me when similar things happen to my friends. Considering the number of...
"How is your dad?"
We're going on three weeks since Dad died, which, in this age of social media, is nigh unto an eternity. So it never occurred to me that...
"I'll be right here": My eulogy for Dad
One September morning at Davis Hospice, Dad and I were having breakfast together, just the two of us. A nurse came in to check his...
The cobbler's children
I've made a lot of quilts in my day. I mean, a LOT. They're usually for births and weddings, sometimes for landmark birthdays,...
Dad's obituary
This obituary appeared November 2, 2016 in the Cheyenne Tribune-Eagle. Eric J. Wedell, M.D., 76, died Oct. 29 at Davis Hospice Center....
Clear blue sky
Well, it finally happened. Something came straight out of the clear blue sky and hit me so hard and so quickly it left me breathless....
Memorial service and donations
Well, Team Eric, it's time to get together and celebrate Dad's life. His memorial service has been scheduled as follows: Saturday,...
Care and feeding of a grieving daughter
As I observed when Dad announced he was going into hospice, humans have been dying for as long as there have been...well, humans. So...
The call
I went to bed last night fairly certain that I would wake up in a world my father no longer lived in. I was right. I woke up suddenly,...
The happy wanderer
Mom emailed last night to say that Dad said fewer than a dozen words all day. Once again, he ate nothing and slept quite a bit, and spent...
