From The Heart
September 9, 2021
In the 20 years since 9/11 became a part of all our lives. We have enfolded it into our history, studied and honored it. Many of […]
August 25, 2021
So many families are asking this question, “Should we still have a funeral?” COVID made funerals impossible and the delays kept coming. Funerals were put off […]
July 21, 2021
The nightmare becomes reality. Child-loss is something we avoid reading about, thinking about, or wanting to look at at almost all costs. The pain is so […]
June 30, 2021
Last month I wrote about how “resurrection doesn’t mean reversal” (quoting the fabulous Nadia Bolz-Weber). It occurs to me that the navigation of re-entry that we […]
May 26, 2021
Myth of “Back to Normal” after COVID We keep talking about “back to normal” and it sounds so wonderful. I so badly want to see and […]
April 27, 2021
I attended the annual ADEC virtual & international conference on death and dying last week and walked away with so many incredible new ways to think […]
March 25, 2021
As hope begins to flicker in with vaccinations and re-openings I feel the great temptation to forget all that we’ve been through this last year and […]
February 10, 2021
Valentine’s Day without your Valentine is not going to be an easy day. There’s a darkness just to saying or typing out the idea. If this […]
January 27, 2021
We need things to end. Most of the time, we dread or avoid endings. They are sad, difficult, unwanted and force us to face a changed […]