The Caretakers Relief
Grief conjures a multitude of feelings and emotions. Sadness, pain, anger, confusion, shock. If you were caretaker to your loved one who was suffering a long or chronic illness, feelings of…
The Regular Good Cry
There are times when I have to hurt. I MUST succumb to a good cry. It can’t be helped. No matter how valiant and strong I want to be, some…
Poem: Web of Sorrow
There is still part of me that just doesn’t believe it’s possible. How can my dear one be gone? How can a person so full of life, warmth, and possibility,…
Designed to Mend
When I was newly married, just 21 years old, I was involved in a single car accident that left me pretty banged up and with a concussion. It was New…
The Death of Dreams
One of the most harsh realities we might come to when someone we love dies, is understanding that what we hoped and planned for the future is gone, too! We lose…
Goals & Grief
There are so many things that change in our lives when we are new to this grief journey. Very few of those seem positive, and we long for who we were,…
Come To Our Senses
Most of us have been given five senses with which to use on a daily basis. At times, they can be the foundation of triggers that may be pleasant, or…
On Visiting the Cemetery…
When it comes to visiting the resting place of our loved one, there are varying levels of what is helpful or even culturally appropriate. When my elder brother passed, my…
Book Review: Permission to Mourn
One of the many possible symptoms we can experience after the death of someone we love, is the inability to focus or concentrate like we used to! Before the death…
A Dose of Sorrow?
Time is a strange thing—an irreversible continuum at whose mercy we live and breathe. Days can seem like just moments, and hours like weeks. At no time is this vexing…