The Gift Of Grief

October 12, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

In suffering I have been blessed…

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. […]

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 […]

Writing A Grief Blog When Words Fail Me

June 23, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I have read other grief blogs from mothers who have lost their children and from spouses who have lost their husbands or wives and naturally I sympathize. I ache for them as I read their words written so eloquently and poetically. They are written with purpose and emotion. They write with fluidity, their words beautiful, cultured, […]