CELEBRATING PI DAY WITHOUT HIM: FINDING SWEETNESS IN THE BITTERSWEET
March 14, Pi Day, is such a fun day of the year. As a former math teacher, I’ve always loved all things math, and Pi Day was a perfect ...
THE ENDLESS SEARCH FOR LOST LOVE
Love is Infinite!
In grief counseling, we learn that preschoolers, particularly children between the ages of 3 and 5, display searching...
THE DEEP CONNECTION BETWEEN LENT & GRIEF: WALKING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS
Lent is often described as a journey — a season of reflection, repentance, and surrender. It is a time when we slow down, strip away di...
FINDING JOY IN THE MOURNING: CELEBRATING MARDI GRAS WHILE GRIEVING
Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday— is a time of vibrant colors, joyous parades, and community celebration. It’s a season known for feasting,...
LESSONS IN LOSS
One of the many values Bob ascribed to was this simple but profound idea. When we were first married and broke, I remember telling him,...
UNDERSTANDING THE NONLINEAR PATH OF GRIEF
MANAGING GRIEF IS NOT A "TO DO" LIST!
Today, I’m sharing this diagram of the path within the stages of grief from one of the textbooks ...
LIFE GOES ON, BUT LOVES STAYS
We don’t expect people to “move on” when something wonderful happens, so it baffles me that we expect them to move on when something te...
ONE STEP AT A TIME: EMBRACING THE DAY
If all you can do this week is just to trudge through each day and put one foot in front of the other and breathe, that’s enough. This ...
GRACE IN THE FACE OF LOSS
This truth has become a mantra for me in this season of life. As we move into February, a month filled with the reminders of love and t...
THE BEGINNING AND THE END
It’s so interesting how the beginning of our relationship and the ending are so similar. Bob sent me this card the year we were dating,...