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After college, marriage and work came widowhood, single motherhood and the discovery that love and taking responsibility has healing power. Today Janet Gallin is remarried and a grandmother. She is a bright spirit and brings joy to others with her Continue reading
John is a poet and certified poetry therapist. John is author of Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-making and Finding What You Didn’t Lose. John is President of The Institute for Poetic Medicine, a nonprofit founded in 2005. The Institute funds poetry and Continue reading
I recently spent some time with a special friend and she told me how she came to name her upcoming book (which I hope to feature in a future blog). What follows is my reaction to the story of her … Continue reading
Our last Mother’s Day together you bought me a hammock. I remember your excitement as I opened it and my anticipation as you gleefully put it together. We all tried it out of course, each of us one at a … Continue reading
Please don’t be afraid. Yes, life is different now but remember when it was beautiful? Well, it will be again, though not the same. The wounds will heal, your tears will dry and though scars remain, I know you are … Continue reading
Most days I am able to function Go through with my routine Get up and go and live life Just like you did Just like we did Find the beauty in life The beauty of each day And be thankful … Continue reading
I was working my way through my own personal puzzle in 2010. It was a transformative time, as I moved through grief into an appreciation for my newly reshaped life and spirit. I sat down and wrote a poem “This … Continue reading
After college, marriage and work came widowhood, single motherhood and the discovery that love and taking responsibility has healing power. Today Janet Gallin is remarried and a grandmother. She is a bright spirit and brings joy to others with her … Continue reading
John is a poet and certified poetry therapist. John is author of Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-making and Finding What You Didn’t Lose. John is President of The Institute for Poetic Medicine, a nonprofit founded in 2005. The Institute funds poetry and … Continue reading
I don’t watch a lot of TV. With five young kids and four books in various stages of completion, I don’t have the time or energy to commit to the boob tube. But with Marathon Girl glued … Continue reading
“There will always be something quite miraculous about the imagination,” writes Jonah Lehrer in his latest book Imagine: How Creativity Works. This is my second recommendation in a four-part series exploring unconventional books to read when coping with grief. With … Continue reading
It seems like I haven’t written in forever. So much has happened in my world and in our world, I hardly know where to begin. So, I’ll start with me, because it is all about me after all. My favorite … Continue reading
About six months after my husband, Marty, passed away I turned to the creative voice within me to help me express my soul’s grief. After enrolling in a drawing class, we were given the assignment to go outside and draw … Continue reading
Our last Mother’s Day together you bought me a hammock. I remember your excitement as I opened it and my anticipation as you gleefully put it together. We all tried it out of course, each of us one at a … Continue reading
A week or two ago, a beautiful dove built a nest in a palm tree next to my house. It was nestled in a space where a palm frond had been, and there she sat on two white eggs. None … Continue reading
I wrote this poem for Alice Wisler’s online writing workshop, “Writing the Heartache”. We were to take something that was our child’s and write a poem about it. I chose a hand print of my precious daughter, Nina’. She was two … Continue reading
Liana watched as the email came in. A “wink” from the cyberspace-dating world. God, she said to herself, how did I get myself into this? She settled down into the office chair and clicked on the picture. Ugg, not for … Continue reading
Dear Children, We promise to remember your eyes so blue The joy in your faces that remained so true. Your hair so blond, it seemed almost white The way you hid behind your parents, acting so shy. We promise to … Continue reading
You are my brother and always will be Not even death can take that away from me. The love we share is everlasting A bond that can never be broken. I hate saying I miss you but It´s true. … Continue reading
It’s funny about how you meet that special someone in your life at the most unexpected time. I was getting my hair cut and colored one day without any thought other than, I really, really need to have my roots … Continue reading
Heaven Bound Year after year On your special day Mother’s Day I brought you flowers Gave you a hug and kiss Reminded you how special you were. Every one of those years I knew you were grateful For … Continue reading
Susan W. Reynolds, after being widowed at age 49, found that no matter where she went change in her surroundings were needed. Combining her training in physical therapy and interior redesign, Susan created a system for looking at your home as … Continue reading
~~Music in Mourning~~ Oh how misery sings to me, in wailing moans of agony. With shrieks and groans as overtones, within a dismal symphony. And woe; it rings from somber strings, and echoes with the winds. It rumbles like a … Continue reading
Christmas lights sparkle Ornaments shine Rudolph’s nose so red Have I gone blind? Tears no longer blur My memories of you Why, this Christmas Do I feel joy too? The past few years Without you here Felt like … Continue reading
Across the ocean’s waves, around the world Your message of sorrow came to me No matter that we’ve not met face to face, my Dear Friend, Through the written word, I know your heart as you know mine. Across the … Continue reading
Paul Bennett’s book, Loving Grief, is available at Amazon.com.
I have never been one To accept what I see As reality for all to be. I have always questioned Everything I have seen As what if, and what could be. Mother, days before Entering the light You smiled with … Continue reading