From The Heart
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 […]
December 10, 2020
Grieving people can be difficult to buy for. The main reason for that, is that their life has taken on a complete and total inventory check […]
November 24, 2020
Thanksgiving hits some sharp notes for so many of us this year. What are we supposed to be thankful for in a year of tumult, solitude, […]
October 21, 2020
The holidays are always stressful. Always. But, that stress generally pays off with special gatherings, joyful present giving and tasty food. But when you are grieving […]
September 16, 2020
This week my husband sent me a short video produced by the BBC entitled, “The man teaching Japan to cry.” I had goosebumps just a few […]
August 19, 2020
Learning to live with the unimaginable … this is what grief is. And this is what our collective life is right now. The lyric, “learn to […]
June 17, 2020
Stick with me on this one – I think it’s important. When COVID lockdowns started, I found myself very isolated at home with two very little […]