Ambiguous: adj.1) doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness 2) not expressed or understood clearly Jurisdiction on the Yakama Reservation is a messy topic with no definitive answers. It continues to confuse and surprise me over four years after Josiah was killed while passing through on Hwy 97, a state owned and maintained roadway. I … Continue reading Jurisdiction… Confused? You aren’t alone.
Josiah Hilderbrand
Writing My Truthiest Truth
Writing My Truthiest Truth - and the digging that has to be done to get there.
Days Between
My experience with grief has been a roller coaster, as I know it is for many. When I look at the bell curve of it all, I can see the progress, the normalcy coming back into my life. The hanging frown that I could not seem to lift has faded and a smile often stretches … Continue reading Days Between
Hope
I have been back from my trip for just eight days now--what a journey it was, both internal and external, through the farthest reaches of the Northwest and of my Heart! 2400 miles were driven in three states through a path both familiar and new that wound its way in a figure eight from here … Continue reading Hope
Reclamation | No Apologies
You know, when I first started writing what will one day become Remember the Birds (the book), we were neck deep in the pandemic, the whole world had changed and everyone was finally at a level of desperation that I could somewhat relate to. My son Josiah had been dead for 10 or so months … Continue reading Reclamation | No Apologies
Let’s Meet! Coffee, Chat & Catch Up in Yakima.
Good morning, Everyone! I am sitting here at my computer zooming into the London Writers' Salon, the online writing community that I join every morning (and at other times of the day when possible!) to work on Remember the Birds (The Book!)--which includes these blog posts as connecting with all of you is an incredibly … Continue reading Let’s Meet! Coffee, Chat & Catch Up in Yakima.
Bob Weir, Stickers & Following Your Heart – Along with directions to Josiah’s Cross
Good afternoon, everyone. It's Monday, June 26th, 2023. It's hard to believe we are already halfway through the year, a quarter of our way through this new century and most notably for me, it's been four long years since Josiah left this earth. I have been up since 6:00 am, exhausted from the weekend spent … Continue reading Bob Weir, Stickers & Following Your Heart – Along with directions to Josiah’s Cross
Anniversaries, T-shirts and Long Journeys North
Hello, Everyone! And Welcome New Subscribers!! It's the end of the week, two days past June 14th, the day forever etched in my mind. Only in 2019 it wasn't a Wednesday at all. It was a Friday, the end of a not-too-easy week tinged with hurt feelings from yet another chink in the armor of … Continue reading Anniversaries, T-shirts and Long Journeys North
4 Long Years, 4 Short Weeks to go…
It's been 4 long years since Josiah was killed on his way to see Dead & Co at the Gorge in Washington State. In 4 short weeks, I will be going there to complete his journey for him.
One Wild and Precious Life
May has been quite a whirlwind. Two 50th birthdays in the house. A celebratory trip to Colorado, just the two of us. Brian’s daughter returning from her home in Europe with both grandbabies in tow. Interest from an agent. A dismissal from another. Maybe the biggest of the news is that I finally found the … Continue reading One Wild and Precious Life
Remember the Birds 