I was my mother’s family caregiver for nine years. She had dementia and, day by day, I witnessed her decline. My mother seemed to be dying right before my eyes […]
Open to Hope
Anticipatory Grief and its Power
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
I was my mother’s family caregiver for nine years. She had dementia and, day by day, I witnessed her decline. My mother seemed to be dying right before my eyes […]
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
A Brand New World I don’t operate under the same rules or beliefs that I did over ten years ago. I don’t think I would have thrived today if I […]
Monday, October 28, 2013
Monday is Halloween, and although we do not celebrate it like we did when my daughter Marcy was alive and young enough to enjoy the night, we still answer the door […]
Saturday, October 26, 2013
By Chris Mulligan — It’s time to party! the television advertisements say this time of year. Party? How could I party when some days I did not even want to […]
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Life is very much a continual weaning process. We come into the world dependent on other people, but over the course of time we are forced more and more to […]
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
1. That I could not predict how I would feel or react at any given moment. 2. That as much as I missed my loved ones I would miss them […]
You know…I always hesitate before I write about something hard I’m going through. There is always a fear that a new widow will read it and think, “My gosh…I’m just […]
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
When Eat, Pray, Love released years back, I read it. I enjoyed it and I even read Liz Gilbert’s sequel to it and enjoyed it too. When the movie came […]
Monday, October 21, 2013
The music, smell of gingerbread, and shimmering lights usually stir up warm holiday memories, but this year something is missing. Actually someone is missing, and the holiday cheer seems to […]
Sunday, October 20, 2013
On the evening I type this, the nip in the October air is a reminder that the major holidays are just around the corner. Halloween decorations have been in the […]