Monday, June 30, 2014
An excerpt from the Introduction of Breaking the Rules of Grief, A Bereaved Mother’s Journey. By Shannon Harris I should begin by warning you that there will be no substantial evidence […]
Thursday, June 26, 2014
When I see commercials on how to recreate the body I had at 20-years-of-age by applying a magical cream that isn’t sold in any regulated stores (but is free to […]
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The first time I saw the ocean, I was fifteen. I walked up a slight hill. The water was not yet in view, but the sky already seemed different, as […]
An excerpt from Fortune Cookie Wisdom: a contemplative perspective This reflection is about how we discover the truth in our lives. “From error to error, one discovers the entire truth” […]
With my whole heart I can say that I am not afraid of anything in life now that I’ve watched my son die. Nothing can ever be harder than that […]
Friday, June 20, 2014
I consider myself an independent woman, something that when I was a young girl I would have been very proud of. I would have been proud of the fact that […]
Monday, June 16, 2014
with workplace commentary by Sandra Turner, Ph.D In the early morning hours on March 29, 1999, our son Keith died by suicide. Keith suffered from depression caused by the stress […]
Sunday, June 15, 2014
My last visit with my father began three days before his passing. I had known him as a man of few words, so the intensity and depth of the conversation […]
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Life did not prepare me for August 15, 2001. In one moment on a very ordinary day, the world as I knew it inexplicably changed. I answered the phone to […]
I would like to share my father’s final gift with you – a gift he unknowingly gave to me in death. I received this most precious gift on a beautiful sunny […]
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