Letting go can be the hardest thing we do in life. Holding on can be the most detrimental. My single-minded purpose in life for many years has been to love and be loved. I put that into action fully during the years Ron and I were together. By focusing on love, I learned to let […]
Our lives are full of rhythm. I have vivid memories of the sounds from my husband’s hospital bedside. The Darth Vader sounds from the Bi-Pap machine got me in touch with the constant rhythm of the breathing it forced. There were always call light alarms from other patients in the hallway seeking the attention of […]
On September 21, my son was playing the song September by Earth Wind and Fire. He asked me if I knew the song, and I said, “Oh yes.” Here are some of the lyrics: Do you remember, 21st night of September? Love was changing the mind of pretenders While chasing the clouds away Our hearts […]
I just received an email telling me that a friend I dearly love has “graduated from earth school.” She had been dealing with health issues for a while. I knew they were serious, and I had been praying for her. I still feel shocked. I met Rev. Dr. Joanna Thompson Gabriel when she found my […]
Often when people are dealing with loss, they isolate themselves and focus on their loss and sadness, and the more they do this, the harder it is to focus on anything else. When a feeling like this comes up, it’s time to make a choice to help yourself. Taking good care of you is your […]
Suicide always has multiple victims. We can never truly know what the final impetus is that causes the act. In America, the second leading cause of death in people between 10 and 34 is suicide. The largest percentage of suicides is male by far. And we have a significant increase in suicides with the […]
Usually, I don’t write about politics and grief, yet this time it would benefit us all to address this situation. I would love to know if any of you had challenges with getting bereavement leave when you needed it. Someone I love got her dream job working for a non-profit. She worked there for years […]
When my husband Ron died, I felt somewhat lost. The first few weeks were as difficult as you could imagine. I felt very alone and adrift, like I was floating through a fog where nothing made sense. When I started to come around after that, I remembered how sad I was for a long time […]
I was first introduced to sound healing years ago when I went to a sound healing session at a retreat. I was blown away. The session was outdoors on a wood deck surrounded by diaphanous curtains. I laid down on my back and had a small pillow filled with flax seeds and lavender cover my […]
I had the most wonderful experience this last week. My husband Jacques’s son and his wife delivered triplets almost 21 years ago, and though we met them the day they were born, and we have been in contact with them throughout the years, I hadn’t had a chance to know them individually. One of the […]
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