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MEETING THE PARENTS
I realize now that I don’t remember the first time I met your family, but it was sometime between Day 2 and the proposal. We just went ...
THE DAY WE KNEW WE WERE IN LOVE
You planned to go fishing with your Dad in the morning of this day. Since it was so late when you got home, from our first date, you de...
OUR FIRST DATE
We were a bit late for the showing we had planned to see. I always thought it sweet of you that you didn’t say anything about me runnin...
MY HANDSOME SAILOR!
Bob had just come off a Mediterranean cruise when I met him. While they were traveling around the world to 36 countries on the USS Saip...
OUR LOVE STORY: A JOURNEY THROUGH COMMITMENT AND GRIEF
As part of my healing, I am writing our love story. I have decided to share it here because I thought it might help others through the ...
BUT WE WILL SURVIVE: PUSHING THROUGH GRIEF
Continuing the analogy of the tree, we will survive! Just as this tree was not stopped by the piano in its way, we will move on—whether...
GRIEF IS MESSY
Grief is messy and humans are messy. We need to accept that going through loss is going to be messy. As you sit with your client or fri...
LOVE TO MY VALENTINE IN HEAVEN: FINDING COMFORT IN LOVE LETTERSAND FAITH
This was my first Valentine’s without that amazing man. To help my heart and try to begin on this journey toward healing in grief, I re...
SUPPORTING THE WALK: SITTING WITH THE GRIEF
Because I hope to help others understand the supporting of grief a little better through my experience, I’m going to focus a little bit...
TIPPY, TIPPY TOES: PERSONALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT GRIEF IS AT THE SAME DEPTH AS LOVE
Embracing Grief with Compassion: Supporting Loved Ones Through Intense Loss
We say all kinds of things to attempt to put meaning to th...