The choice to open yourself to love again is personal. What feels right one day may not the next. Just know that if you choose to open your heart to another it is not cheating on your spouse or partner. They are gone and nothing can or will change this truth. Not loneliness and not connection.
Duality. It is most certainly possible to feel two things at once, even sorrow and joy. I was born to a woman who taught me [...]
The impact of loss is great. The after-effects on a family can be complicated and messy. It is important to be mindful of expectations, approach [...]
I awaken to find myself missing... Missing the comfort of not knowing… Just how lonely life can be. Just how deafening the absence of voice [...]
When my Mom was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme I became consumed with questions, fears and so many emotions...too many and too big to contain. [...]
Grief is hard, unpredictable, complicated, and always (on a good day) just below the surface. It is not simply mourning the person but forever the [...]
When we think about grief we frequently focus on death itself. Grief is compounded by secondary losses that we often neglect to give credence to. [...]
I just read a very informative article about drowning by Mario Vittone. Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. [...]
How do you proceed when nothing is what it was and never will be again? How do you find the will, the courage and the [...]
When your heart is broken and you feel scared and alone reach out, allow others in, connect. Shutting in and shutting down is not the [...]
