Time
Time is fleeting. Quite literally in the blink of an eye. We often take for granted the time we have with those we love. We [...]
Loving Yourself Through Grief
Loving yourself through grief, it's necessary. Self-love, self-care, self-compassion, patience and a lot of reframing from I can’t, I’ll never to I can and I [...]
Happy?!
You give power to words. You define meaning. When a person wishes you a Happy…. try to receive it as a blessing, a prayer, a wish for the intensity of your pain to subside and the love, positive remembrance and healing to comfort.
Sorrow and Joy
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 [...]
Hope
Grief without hope is a perilous journey. Hope is a primal need. Hope sparks our ability to believe that the enveloping heaviness, the soul reducing [...]
Shared Grief
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 [...]
Missing
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 [...]
And So I Write….
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. [...]
Adaptive Coping and Grief
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 [...]
What Remains Within You
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 [...]