Navigating The Holidays
The holidays will never be the same after you lose someone you love. Especially if it was an immediate family member. Many people completely abandon the traditions of the past…
The holidays will never be the same after you lose someone you love. Especially if it was an immediate family member. Many people completely abandon the traditions of the past…
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on asummer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the cloudsfloat across the sky,…
Several months into my grief journey, I felt I needed to look into grief support groups in town. I wasn’t ready to share too much, but I was willing to…
SURVIVORS GUIDE TO FOUR LETTER WORDS It took at least two years before I would accept that I was a survivor. It took a little longer to understand how…
The 5 year anniversary of our son’s death, Ben Koier, is an extra tough date. I guess because I can’t believe it has been 5 years. (Ben was killed by…
I wrote the following a couple of years after burying my 17 year old son, Christopher. It isn't pretty and, at times, sounds downright ugly. I decided not to edit…