A Bitter Pill to Swallow

November 21, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

I was working at a local hospital on the covid unit. I had voiced concerns over issues that I felt affected patient care and discharges from the day I started. Nearly eighteen months later I was crying every day and surrendered to being on antidepressants. I began to look for a new job when I […]

Making Sense Of What Grievers Really Need

May 20, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

We really just want to be seen and we just want to be heard.

Becoming Melancholy: How My Grandson’s Death Changed The Way I Live

April 22, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

I continue to learn and grow as this new person I have become, a griever making my re-entry back into life among those untouched by loss. In adjusting to the new me I have come to accept things about myself that at first I assumed were temporary. I now know that I am permanently changed. […]

Grief Floats: Why We Can’t Let Go

March 22, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

I can’t let go, so I remember. Because remembering is all I have left.

Lessons From My Shower: Time To Come Clean About Grief And Me

February 22, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

There are personal spaces where grievers feel safe and secure enough to expose our open wounds. It is within these spaces we grieve alone. Hidden in the safety. Of these places we express our raw, ravaged souls. These private, some not so private places were and still are inescapable. Whether encapsulated in our vehicle or […]

Children And Loss: Warning Signs of Unresolved Grief

January 22, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Putting yourself back together after the loss of a loved one is a timeless process. Grief is a journey without an end. Yes, grief is yielding. It does eventually become less painful, the mercy of time easing to an ache. Although the gut-wrenching agony has passed, who we were and who we are now is […]

Sweet Dreams Of You

October 20, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I sat at the table with my hands folded under my chin. I could hear people talking and I saw family moving throughout the room. I sensed his presence before I actually saw him. As I turned in his direction I watched his form move toward me. He walked slowly, head down, staring at the […]

Time For A Change

October 4, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

It happened again. Another attack on innocent people. Now investigators begin searching for answers. Answers as to why a lunatic could do this is of no consequence to me. There could never be a just cause or any type of reasoning for the killing and taking of human lives in mass shootings such as these […]

The Dating Game: Reclaiming Love And Hope In Grief

July 21, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m driving on my way home from a work meeting listening to my favorite music and I’m singing along. The sun is out, traffic is light, it’s been a stress free day with not much on my mind other than the current lyrics and whats for dinner. When out of nowhere…I’m singing and without warning […]

Searching For The Light In The Darkness Of Grief

July 8, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

For those of you who are just beginning your grief journey, I am here to tell you that I understand what you are going through this very moment. I have been where you are. I want you to know it will get easier. I know this sounds untrue and it feels unforgiving but I want […]