Grief experience 8 min read Grief Comes in Waves: Losing My Family and Choosing How to Live When Loss Comes in Waves I was in my thirties when my entire immediate family was gone. My brother died first. Then my dad. And sixteen weeks after my dad,...
Grief experience 5 min read Until We Meet Again (A Reflection on Love, Memory, and the Promise That Never Fades) A Moment of Stillness There are moments when time seems to pause — when the chatter of the world...
Coping with grief 3 min read A Recipe for Grief. Grief and remembrance through memories What She Left Behind Is there A Recipe for Grief? I think I have all of my mother’s tried and true recipe cards. Each one filled with ingredients lists and...
Coping with grief 10 min read Loneliness Loneliness in grief can feel like a shadow that follows you everywhere. Even in a room full of people, the absence of someone you loved makes the world feel quieter,...
Grief experience 5 min read When Grief Feels Like Trauma: The Pain We Don’t Talk About For a long time, society has seen the word trauma as if it only applies to a specific group: military members, veterans, or those who have faced extreme, life-threatening events....
Grief experience 4 min read Why Remembering Can Be a Part of Healing — Not a Step Back Grief researcher Dr. Alan Wolfelt, author of Healing Your Grieving Heart, reminds us that “Remembering is not a retreat from healing; it is an essential part of it.” Many of...
Grief experience 9 min read Grief during the holidays: ‘Tis the Season to Be Sad, Confused, Exhausted and Angry – Oops – I Mean Jolly Grief during the holidays can make every tradition feel heavy and every gathering bittersweet. This is my story. Riding the Rollercoaster of the Holiday Season Welcome once again to the...
Grief experience 4 min read Turning Grief Into Light: How Losing My Brother Led to Creating Afterlights Is it possible turning grief into light? When I lost my little brother a few years ago, my world stopped.He was only 18 years old — full of life, the...
Grief experience 3 min read There is No After Grief: Learning to Live Alongside Our Loss The Myth of “Getting Over” Grief We are often sold a devastatingly false story about loss — that grief is a journey with a destination. If we walk far enough,...
Grief experience 3 min read Making Room to Mourn the Memories We Thought We’d Get to Make Grief extends far past the funeral. People face grief after loss daily. Because when we lose someone, the entire landscape of our life changes. We grieve, not only the person but their...
