Friday, November 25, 2016
This article was first published on Open to Hope in 2010. Thursday will be the 21st Thanksgiving I’ve lived through following the death of my 18-month-old daughter Erin in 1990. […]
Monday, August 17, 2015
My sincere and heartfelt thanks to both Susan Roback and Patty Furino for inspiring much of the content for this post. Deepening Bonds and Linking Objects The relationship that I continue to […]
Sunday, February 8, 2015
I have been to our university’s graduation parties several times since my daughter passed away, but they were never held in the same hall that her high school graduation had […]
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Embracing Sacred Law From July 11, 2014 through July 13,2014, I attended the 37th National Conference of The Compassionate Friends in Chicago, Illinois.I have been attending and presenting workshops for […]
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Over the years since my son’s death by overdose in 2004, I have received many messages and signs from him. Some have come in dreams, some through songs on the […]
Monday, May 19, 2014
Entitled No More During the last few days of my existence, I have experienced more sadness than usual. Considering that I am a parent whose child died over 11 years […]
Friday, March 14, 2014
Over four years after her death, thoughts of my daughter fill my mind every day. She has now been gone longer than she was alive. It wasn’t supposed to be […]
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 […]
Friday, October 18, 2013
There’s the joke about the cemetery. “How many dead people are in there?” The answer: “All of them.” Or, “People are dying to get in there.” It brought a smile […]
Saturday, June 15, 2013
The following article was originally published by The Grief Toolbox (www.thegrieftoolbox.com) on November 21,2012. I received a strong nudge to repost this article about my father on this site on […]
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