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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...
WALKING ALONGSIDE GRIEF
If I don’t manage to spread any other message through my sharing than this one, then I will feel that I have accomplished my goal. It i...
NAVIGATING ANTICIPATORY LOSS: A JOURNEY OF LOVE, HOPE, AND ACCEPTANCE
Anticipatory loss is defined as grief that is felt in anticipation of someone’s death. He kept telling me that he was getting weaker, b...
FIGHTING THE BATTLE: IN THE BARGAINING STAGE OF ANTICIPATORY GRIEF
After the four surgeries over Thanksgiving, his body was very weak from the surgeries and the eight days in the hospital with limited m...
WELCOME TO PROFOUNDLY CHANGED!
If you’re here, I can honestly say that I’m sorry for your loss.
Grief is not a club that any of us want to join, yet it is both a ble...