Friday, February 28, 2014
All too often, pet death is discounted as not important, and those undermining words, “We’ll get you another one,” are offered as a hollow consolation. They diminish the love the […]
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Egocentric Grief On several occasions in the almost eleven years since my daughter Jeannine’s death, I have attended calling hours for several friends whose loved ones have died. If the […]
Sunday, February 23, 2014
I love words; the look of them on a page, the sound of them in my head, the texture of them in my mouth. My love of language was encouraged […]
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Peter was seven-years-old. He died of a brain tumor soon after he fainted on the school playground. Peter had first complained to his teacher of a bad headache, then fell […]
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Have you ever flipped over a colorful seashell that was wedged in the wet sand and examined its other side? You were probably first attracted by the reflection of the […]
Monday, February 17, 2014
When I think back twelve years ago to events following the horrific car accident in which five members of my family were killed but I was spared, I recall awakening […]
For our last three years of father-and-daughter life on this planet, Daddy and I talked daily to be as close as we could be. Our time together was coming to […]
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
In October, my husband’s aorta split for the second time. He had three operations in less than a week. The third one, to remove blood and insert grafts, took 13 […]
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Trying Something New It has been said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I acknowledge that I am getting older (my receding hairline and shades of gray […]
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
What do you think it really means to live by faith? Growing in faith is about learning to trust during those times when we cannot see clearly and cannot understand […]
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