In Grief Letter To My Papa: Happy 80th Birthday! Dear Papa Bear, Today you would be 80 years old. EIGHTY! It still hurts to know you never even reached 70; we lost you… Continue Reading →
In Grief One Last Letter: The Importance of Goodbye A year ago today, one of my childhood best friends took her last breath. She fought like hell to stay, but the ugly disease… Continue Reading →
In Give Grace/ Grief/ Rest A Sleepy Revolution This winter I gave myself a revolutionary gift. It wasn’t fancy or expensive. But it was unnatural for me to receive. It was the… Continue Reading →
In Grief Good Mourning – On Collective Loss TW: Suicide : : : I lost a dear friend to suicide a few weeks ago. It was simultaneously the most unsurprising and utterly… Continue Reading →
In Give Grace/ Goals/ Grief Marching Forth By Standing Still A few years ago, I started this tradition inspired by Sasha Sagan, where we use the date March 4th to “March Forth” with purpose… Continue Reading →
In Mindfulness My Friend Dave Six years ago my husband invited me to hang out with a handful of new friends he’d recently made. Dave was one of them.… Continue Reading →
In Grief Losing Him Again I am about to lose Papa. True, it happened a long time ago, but as I review my Letters To My Papa book for… Continue Reading →
In Mindfulness/ Poetry/ Rest Finding Stillness After Tragedy I took to the mountains for a break from the chaos. This morning at the cabin, I brewed a single cup of coffee and… Continue Reading →
In Grief Uvalde: When Will It Be Enough? Earlier this week, my 4-year-old daughter was scared to go back to school after a week away on vacation. I reassured her that she… Continue Reading →
In Grief Milestone Dates and The Importance of Remembering I lost my father in February 2013. My grief was all-consuming for a long time. I didn’t need any prompts to remind me to… Continue Reading →
