I Have Choices
Grieving the loss of those we love is painful, depleting, lonely. Missing their presence, support, the sound of their voice, their touch. Grieving the loss [...]
Today I Grieve
Today I grieve. My heart is heavy, the loneliness intense, the isolation pervasive, the sorrow deep. One day. Five years. Twenty years... There is no [...]
A Thousand Silent Ways
I close my eyes and speak to you in a thousand silent ways. I miss you, daily and always. I miss you on milestones, holidays, [...]
The Loneliness of Grief
Grief is lonely. Mourning the loss of those we love is painful and lonely during normal times. This new normal of shelter-in-place makes grieving even [...]
Sometimes
I am tired. I don't feel like walking, going to yoga, eating anything other than my favorite sweets and carbs. I don't feel like being [...]
Choice
Does it ever get easier? Will this weight ever leave me? Will there ever be a time when I don't feel like crying? When I [...]
A New Year
A New Year. Another year without those we love beside us. How can this be? How is it that time has the audacity to move [...]
Making the Holidays Your Own
Happy (?) Holidays. When grieving, the holidays can feel anything but happy. If this time of year makes you feel lonely, disconnected, resentful, overwhelmed and [...]
Silence
Silence. Those we love, no longer here. The missing sears through our souls. The pain, surreal, disorienting, pervasive. The reality that our calls and texts [...]
Joy? Yes, Joy.
During dark and painful times it can be impossible to notice (muchless access and actually experience) joy. The mere suggestion that we can experience joy [...]