It’s been a tender week. This week marks the first anniversary of the death of my dear friend, E, who left the earth plane suddenly and unexpectedly, just two weeks […]
Other Losses
Playing With Ashes
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Your Grief
Vehicles of Healing
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Vehicles help us move. They help get us from one place to another. Sometimes the vehicle of choice is our car. Other times it may be a rental car, a […]
Death of a Child, Your Grief
30 Ways to be Your Own Best Friend
Sunday, February 26, 2012
For many years, I was anything but my own best friend. I neglected, badgered, criticized and overindulged myself. It was much easier to be nicer and kinder to my friends […]
Death of a Child, Your Grief
Getting the Routines Back in Your Life
Saturday, February 25, 2012
February, with Valentine’s Day, is a great time to take a survey of where I stand on my love meter. Am I on the high or low side this year? […]
Death of a Child
Birthdays and Becoming a ‘Grand Family’
Yesterday was my grandchildren’s birthday. The twins (one boy, one girl) turned 20, a surprise to me and to them. When my grandchildren moved in with us, they were 15 […]
Open to Hope
Daughter’s Cats Help Dad Keep Connection
Thursday, February 23, 2012
My daughter Jeannine died on March 1,2003, at the age of 18 due to cancer. One of the things that I struggled with during my early grief was regret and […]
Death of a Spouse, Other Losses
Death of An Ex-Spouse
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A reader writes: I’m not really sure how to explain how I feel after losing my ex-spouse a month ago—especially since he died the same day I was having major […]
Open to Hope
Thanksgiving Eve ‘Miracle’ Service
Monday, February 20, 2012
The death of my son Adam in 1997 was (and still is) the most difficult thing I have ever had to face in my life. Adam died in August of […]
Your Grief
Build a Grief Toolbox
Sunday, February 19, 2012
There is value in writing things down, especially when you’re struggling with the symptoms of grief. I decided to make a list of the all the things we’d done that […]
Special Topics
Grieving Men, Raising Boys
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Last night I sat in a room filled with grieving men Some missing a parent or sibling but most a spouse For once not a minority sandwiched within a group […]
