The Dance of Duality
“The answer to the pain of grief is not how to get yourself out of it, but how to support yourself inside it.” ~Unknown We [...]
Creative Remembrance
When someone you love dies finding meaningful ways to honor and remember them becomes an important part of legacy work, healing and maintaining connection. Below [...]
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 [...]
Motherless
Although your Mom is no longer physically here and the typical ways of connecting are no longer a part of your daily relationship dynamic [...]
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 [...]