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• The Impact of Grief: Grieving What You Never Had

  

  A nun left a voice message saying her ninety-nine year old mother had died recently. She seemed rather upset so when I called her back I was fully prepared to... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• How Do I Handle the Family of My Former Spouse?

  

  When I lost my husband, I didn’t realize how deeply that would effect other relationships—particular with his family. When ties are broken by death,... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Ink

  

  Meet my friend Lisa. We met at a conference where she shared a little of her story. Just a few months earlier Lisa had lost part of her heart, with the death... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Starting Over After the Loss of a Husband

  

  During the first few years after my husband John’s sudden death, I pushed myself to keep going. In the process, I eventually burned out and slipped deeper into... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Aging with Grace: The Benefit of Yoga for Seniors

  

  Buddhism and Hinduism define Yoga as a “spiritual discipline,” but for today’s senior citizens, it means much more. When the topic of Yoga for seniors popped up... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Journey of Grief: Peeling an Onion Part 4: Reconstruction

  

  I call the last layer of the onion, reconstruction. I once called it recovery, but grief is not some disease we recover from. Grief never goes away completely. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Ghosts of Memory: Integrating Our Loss Through Remembering

  

  I recently read a book called: Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, by Neil Peart. Peart is the lyricist and world renowned drummer for the Canadian rock... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Journey of Grief: Peeling an Onion Part 3: A Time to React

  

  Grief is like peeling and onion, it comes off one layer at a time and you cry a lot. That is my favorite analogy of grief. I have talked about the first two... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• A Day of Rebirth

  

  I originally wrote this piece for my blog on March 1, 2014, my daughter Jeannine’s 11thangelversary date.  Since year nine of my life as a parent who has... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Journey of Grief: Peeling an Onion Part 2: When the Whirling Stops

  

  The first part of grief is a whirling cloud of emotions, pain, fears, and utter disbelief that leaves us feeling like we are in the eye of a hurricane waiting... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Senior Super Food Guide (Infographic)

  

  As we age, our bodies can readjust their nutritional needs. Digestion, systemic assimilation, cognitive function and more sometimes react differently to... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Colors Of The Spirit: We Are All One In Grief

  

  Embracing Sacred Law From July 11, 2014 through July 13,2014, I attended the 37th National Conference of The Compassionate Friends in Chicago, Illinois. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Journey of Grief: Peeling an Onion Part 1: The Whirl

  

  I feel like I am in the eye of a hurricane, no movement, but everything and everybody is whirling around me in my quiet empty space. I have no words to explain... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Upside Of Sadness In Our Grief Journeys

  

  Entitled No More During the last few days of my existence, I have experienced more sadness than usual. Considering that I am a parent whose child died  over 11... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Leaving My Former Self Behind: 10 Years After My Daughter’s Death

  

  The Power in Pain March 1,2013 will mark the 10th angelversary of my 18-year-old daughter Jeannine’s death. At times, I wonder how I made it ten minutes, much... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Transformative Power of Grief

  

  Embracing a Different Perspective Since my daughter Jeannine’s death at the age of 18 in March of 2003, I have undergone a radical spiritual transformation. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Mysteries of Grief: Complicated Grief

  

  I do not know how I feel about labeling some grief as “Complicated Grief.” Every grieving experience is complicated. No one’s grief is simple or easy to... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The Questions of Grief: I Had No Idea It Hurt Like This

  

  A friend called to tell me his wife had died. She was a very vivacious young mother who died after a long struggle with cancer. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Faith, Doubt, and Warriors of Light: Developing Clarity on Our Grief Journeys

  

  To Inspire and Self Inspire As I have grown older, I have aspired to be in a constant state of learning and discovery. Once I believe there is nothing left to... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Managing the Fear and Anxiety of the Unknown

  

  All most everybody worries about what will happen in the future. The prospect of not knowing if something good or bad will happen to you in the near future can... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS