I am typically excited to close out a year and welcome the next. Not this year, though. I will be inching into a year that…
I have dreaded this day, since the day my Mom died in July. My first Christmas without her. No, I’ve not spent all 57 Christmases…
Her hugs, warm and lingering. Her giggle, it reminded me of my Grandpa, her Dad. Her smell, a mixture of hairspray, Suave lotion, Arm&Hammer detergent…
Where do I begin? Let’s start with a question most of us ask all the time…How are you? It seems easy enough, but for those…
We are entering into what used to be my favorite time of the year…the holiday season. But here we are traveling this grief journey. I.…
I don’t really know how to begin this post. I’ve sat with your death for a week now. It came to me this afternoon that…
My hands have become my Mom’s hands. I noticed it a couple of weeks ago. I looked down at my right hand and it took…
If you know me personally, you know I’m big on kindness. Treating everyone with kindness, respect and in my case, empathy. I am an empath.…
I’ve only been on this grief journey for 3 weeks. I’ve done a lot of reading and research in these 21 days. What I’ve learned…