Coping with grief 3 min read Why Does Grief Come in Waves? Finding Hope in the Ups and Downs of Healing “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”— Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring After someone we love dies, it can be...
Child loss 4 min read Before and After Loss: How Grief Changes the Way We See Time Sometimes grief does not just change how you feel. It changes the way you understand time itself. There is a moment when life stops being measured by ordinary dates and...
Grief series 2 min read The Loss That Has No Funeral: Loving the Life You Have Part 2 In Part 1, I shared how grief can be about more than what happened. Sometimes, we grieve the life we thought we’d have—the years we couldn’t get back, the years...
Grief series 4 min read Honoring the Past While Moving Forward This is Part 2 of the series. In Part 1, I shared why grief can leave us longing for “the old days”—not just for the people we’ve lost, but for...
Grief series 4 min read Why Grief Makes You Miss the Life You Had Before Loss The Ache for “The Old Days” There’s a specific kind of homesickness that has nothing to do with a place. It’s the quiet ache of missing the life you had...
Ways to remember 4 min read Grief Anniversaries: Honoring a Loved One Waiting for Aunt Louise Clean your rooms and get dressed, my mother would shout to us kids. Aunt Louise is coming! I wash my face and straighten my room making...
Grief series 5 min read Love Without Rest Part 4 of I Carried You, I Hold You Beyond Loss. If you missed the previous parts of this series, you can read them here. Nobody tells you that love...
Grief experience 4 min read The Loss That Has No Funeral: Grieving the Life You Imagined Part 1 We don’t only grieve people. Sometimes we grieve the lives we imagined, the dreams that changed, and the versions of ourselves thought we’d become. I don’t think I truly ever...
Holiday grief 2 min read Remembering Loved Ones on the Fourth of July For many families, the Fourth of July is filled with traditions – backyard barbecues, fireworks, laughter, and time spent together. But grief has a way of showing up on holidays....
Grief experience 3 min read Is It Normal to Feel Guilty When You Laugh After a Loss? Mwelwa recently shares: “I lost my dad in 2022, and I was depressed for over a year. I’m finally starting to feel happy again, but I feel guilty whenever I...
