Author, Speaker & Grief Counselor
My nephew’s mother has been in a memory care facility for a few years. She has early onset Alzheimer’s. He just let me know that hospice is now involved. Due to the Covid 19 virus he hadn’t been allowed to visit her since March. I asked him if he felt … Read the rest
If you read my Mothers’ Day post you know I was celebrating my daughter being told she was COVID free. Everyone including the doctor thought that meant she no longer had it in her system. Well, the reason she tested negative was that she never had it. Her symptoms were … Read the rest
It’s Mother’s Day. The day we celebrate our own mothers and all mothers. For me, it is a bittersweet day wrapped in an avalanche of emotions. I mourn the sad fact that my mom is not here. I celebrate that my daughter has two beautiful boys and is a great … Read the rest
With the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home attempts to keep us safe, people are grieving. We grieve for our way of life, the loss of freedom of movement or seeing our friends. We mourn the loss of a paycheck. We grieve for the loss of stability. There are some in the throes of … Read the rest
One of my biggest COVID-19 quarantine projects is sorting what feels like thousands of photographs. My plan is to get them in order and then scan them to the cloud. That way I can get rid of the old photographs and save myself from moving four fewer boxes. I am … Read the rest
“Say not in grief he is no more but in thankfulness that he was.” Hebrew proverb
I ran across this online today, and it sparked so much in my heart, brain, and soul that I had to add it to my blog. I had just been talking to my sister, … Read the rest
When grievers are told that they should be “moving on”, what exactly does that mean? It was the topic of intense consternation for one of my clients recently. The first anniversary of her husband’s sudden death just passed. Seemingly intelligent people that she thought cared about and understood her asked, … Read the rest
As we approach the holidays, I wanted to reprise my ‘How to get through the holidays” post. It is painful every day, but for some, it can feel even more intense during the holidays when missing a loved one. Just know that you are not alone and to always take … Read the rest
You may find yourself more sensitive, irritable, less patient, and sad right now. It may not have occurred to you that it is because the holidays are approaching. The first few years after your loss, you expect to feel poorly on birthdays and holidays – mainly because others have warned … Read the rest
Today I happened upon an article about grief attributed to Christopher Walken. It struck a chord with me as he said essentially what I always tell people. You never stop missing the loved one who died; eventually, you get used to the gaping hole the death leaves in your heart, … Read the rest