Seeing the Light
We’re Always Heading Home
Have you ever taken a bird’s-eye view of your entire life? Imagine yourself floating above the earth high enough to view a timeline of your life.You would
July 13, 2016
Have you ever taken a bird’s-eye view of your entire life? Imagine yourself floating above the earth high enough to view a timeline of your life.You would
After we lose a spouse, this new silence in our lives is deafening.We are used to the familiar sounds of our loved ones and, after
I’ve been writing a lot about those who mourn deeply after the death of a spouse,my own grief journey taking center stage.But what about those
No one understands the rituals of grieving more than those who have walked that path. How long one remains on this road cannot be readily
When I was young girl I suffered from severe dysmenorrhea, which in plain English is menstrual cramps. Now before you say TMI,please hear me out.As
The other day one of my best friends lost a sibling. I called her to give my condolences and she told me how much she’s
Cats are not the only ones with nine lives, we humans also have many lives that we live within our lifetime.When I look back on my
I’m pretty fortunate, I have an amazing family and just the absolute best friends,old and new. Having just celebrated a birthday,(thinking about the numbers is
The afternoon after my husband had died, I was thrust into a state of numbness and uncertainty. I experienced shock and disbelief. I spent the
2015 I’m not posting my usual blog this week, as I prepare for a New York Thanksgiving and all that goes with that. I love
After the loss of a spouse,you are thrust into an alternate dimension, full of shock and awe. One cannot see a future as he or
After losing my husband I came to a slow realization that a change was coming. I began to see subtle and dramatic changes in my personality
My Nana, who was my maternal grandmother, was a major influence in my life.When I was a little girl I spent a lot of time
In my book Brave in a New World, I touch on the topic of the supernatural, those occurrences that one would characterize as “other-worldly phenomena” that
I don’t know exactly when I stopped regretting past decisions in my life, but one day I decided that whatever my present life was, I
About a year or so before my husband fell ill with pancreatic cancer, I was beginning to feel rumblings of discontent in my spirit. I
When I was a young girl in my teens, I used to spend a week in the summers with a great aunt who lived in
Have you ever taken a birds-eye view of your entire life? Imagine yourself floating above the earth high enough to view a a timeline of your life.You
The morning that my husband died was rather unspectacular. There were no angels’ trumpets, the sky did not open up and drop a stairway leading
When my husband passed away, I found myself thrust into a place of not knowing what to expect. All my life I’d been able to
I’ve been reading a lot of posts on various sites about how people are coping/or not with grief after loss. One of the most…
I consider myself to be rather decisive about most things. I haven’t always been, it’s something I recently grew into. I don’t like to vacillate
Several years ago I had a neighbor, whom I didn’t know very well. We would meet some mornings in our apartment building’s elevator. We were
First off, I want to extend my sincerest condolences to you on the loss of your husband Dave. Although I do not know you…
Brave in a New World narrates the effects of the grieving process – a long and arduous course whereby the only one one who can get through it is the one who is left.
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