“Mom, can you come today? I want to show you the little river Wes and I found yesterday. It’s full of minnows. It’s in that marshy place where they cut […]
Death of a Child
Connecting to Nature: Sacred Lessons Learned
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Special Topics, Your Grief
Woman Embraces Role as Caregiver to Those with Cancer
Friday, April 29, 2011
I have been surrounded by cancer all of my life. One of my earliest memories was in 1967. I was just 6 1/2 years old. My Aunt Natalie had died […]
Death of a Spouse
Widow Struggles to Open Her Heart Again
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The sixth anniversary of my husband’s death is right around the corner. I’m wondering tonight about open hearts. Open hearts are soft, ready to be shaped by love. They are […]
Open to Hope
my Sonshine taked away….
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
On Jan,16,2007 my Mom passed away from lung cancer(6 mths after diagnoses), Than tragically my 22 yr old Son passed away on Sept.07.2009, than 2 mnths later my 43 cousin […]
Death of a Child
Dissonance in the Land of the Hereafter — Part II
I remember exactly when my son, Galen, was conceived – October 14th, 1990. I know where I was, what I had been doing that day and I remember how one […]
Death of a Spouse
Underwater at the Cancer Diagnosis
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
I could see his lips moving and his eyes penetrating but I felt like I was swimming underwater. The muffled sounds seemed far away and the x-ray the doctor was […]
Special Topics, Your Grief
Memoirs May Bring Peace, Hope
Monday, April 25, 2011
My new memoir, Stairway to the Stars: John Tavolta, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers…and Me is off to a fine start, selling nicely with positive reviews as readers dive into the secrets […]
Death of a Child
Coming out of the Wilderness of Loss
Sunday, April 24, 2011
This has been a long Easter season and as we are accustomed to bringing in the newness of life during this season, it is also a great time to let […]
Death of a Child
Mother Gradually Recovers from an Easter Loss
Judy Marquette lost her son on Easter eight years ago. For her, this time of year is especially difficult. Spring sets in and new life is gifted in abundance. It […]
Death of a Child
Easter Surprise Helps Mom Heal from Child-Loss
Saturday, April 23, 2011
On October 25, 1989, my fourteen-year-old son Shawn was struck by a car and died. When the coroner came to our door to tell us, I felt like he’d stuck […]
