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For most people, Mother’s Day brings to mind bouquets of sunny flowers in pink hues, often-obligatory brunches, and lingering in the aisles trying to find the perfect greeting card to sum up gratitude for a lifetime of love and care. … Continue reading
I speak to national and local groups about loss, grief and recovery. Last week I spoke to a group of Elder Network volunteers in my community. It was a small group, a dozen people gathered around a central table. The hour-long … Continue reading
It is hard to believe that my mother would have turned 90 years old this month. I was thinking about my mom today and had so many great memories of her and here are a few of my favorite. 1. … Continue reading
My career as a flight attendant included some intense training every year for “the unlikely event of an emergency.” One of the scenarios flight crews practice over and over is bracing for an emergency landing. Should this extremely rare situation … Continue reading
There is nothing more important or powerful in our lives than our faith. I have had a wonderful experience about a presence more powerful than ourselves. I have seen the movies, books and specials through out the media world about … Continue reading
I was touched and deeply comforted when following my mother’s death, a connected series of encounters with fish in general and koi in particular occurred. The art direction and style of rendering or materials varied a lot. Sometimes it was … Continue reading
Dr Leeat Granek talks about her work in grief after the death of her mother and shares the points she has learned on her emotional and academic journey to healing. Annual Association of Death Education and Counseling
Jenny Wheeler is the teenaged author of the national award-winning book, WEIRD IS NORMAL WHEN TEENAGERS GRIEVE. She was 14 when her beloved father died of cancer, and she wrote the book to reassure other grieving teens that they have … Continue reading
Ken sat on the couch across from me, smiled and exclaimed, “I stopped it! The uncontrollable crying. I stopped it!” Just the week prior, I had been at a loss as the 59-year-old self-avowed “Momma’s boy” cried with an overpowering … Continue reading
Grief automatically throws us into a time of change. Some of us might regain a semblance of the life we once had, while others veer off into surprising, unexpected paths. Either way, where ever and whomever we used to be … Continue reading
Few of us are ready to assume the position and the responsibility that comes with our new role in the family when a parent dies, no matter what our age. My mother died of ovarian cancer, when I was a … Continue reading
I wish you could have been there . . . It was quite a sight. Three infant car seats with tiny faces and six wiggling hands and feet. We were going home, but my father would not be there to … Continue reading
She stood on the railroad tracks listening for the train when another sound started in the distance, soft at first then growing louder, closer. She recognized the sound, knew in a moment that the siren was coming closer, coming for … Continue reading
In 1987, when I was eighteen years old, my mother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia two weeks prior to Christmas. We brought Christmas to her in her hospital room that year in the midst of her chemotherapy, … Continue reading
Lauren Muscarella lost her mother to breast cancer in 2006. After her mother’s death Lauren struggled to overcome depression and learn to positively transform her grief. In May of 2010 Lauren started MamaQuest a blog meant to honor and remember … Continue reading
When I was young, my life’s calling was softly introduced to me. It may not have been a path I would have chosen as an adult or of my own desire, but it changed me and made me who I … Continue reading
I love going to psychics. I’m not sure if it’s my impetuous nature to know what is to come, the comforting assertions like “Great fortune is headed your way” or its mother-memory connection. I became loosely associated with the magic … Continue reading
(This piece is an excerpt from a longer work entitled Mind Pictures) The days in the hospital right before our mom died are mostly a blur. I remember that you and Dad and I sat by her bed as long … Continue reading
“All the leaves are brown; and the sky is grey …” The Mamas and Papas The verbs and functions began to fall away like the September leaves. Some faster than others, the “helicopters” spiraled to their demise and others quietly … Continue reading
When I was young, my life’s calling was softly introduced to me. It may not have been a path I would have chosen as an adult or of my own desire, but it changed me and made me who I … Continue reading
We of the baby-boomer generation are feeling the pressure as we provide care for our elderly parents. It is painful as we helplessly watch our loved ones experience the impact of failing health. We feel powerless against the ravages of … Continue reading
My gramma’s grief over the loss of her only child devoured me! To see and hear her wailing and knowing she couldn’t stop was heartbreaking and frightening. Her sadness, and my inability to do anything about it grieved me, possibly as … Continue reading
Towards the end of her life, my mom had a number of health issues. These included high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure and eventually, dialysis. In the fall of 1999, her right leg began to turn black and blue. It … Continue reading
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.” - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross I felt compelled to stroke his hair like he was my little boy. A young boy … Continue reading
Deborah and Heidi talk about adult children & the loss of elderly parents
