Mother’s Day may be tough for you!
Mother’s Day since Covid-19 is certainly a different experience than in the past. Yet, it is still a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of […]
Continue readingWhat are your emotions saying to you?
Have you ever thought to write a letter to yourself? Why should you? To express those pent up emotions that are eating your insides up. It’s not those that are associated with grief. Those emotions must be processed and then let go of as part of your grief journey. The emotions that I am referring to […]
Continue readingHas Grief affected your Brain?
I wish I had known more about the brain in 2005 when my husband Steve died by suicide. Maybe I wouldn’t have thought I was going crazy at the time. Perhaps you feel that way if you lost someone you love to suicide. Thankfully, there is a tremendous amount of research on the cerebrum. Researchers now […]
Continue readingWhat emotions are you stuck with?
Do you have unpleasant emotions that cling to you like lint on a sweater? They certainly stay stuck unless you pull off each rolled up ball of yarn. Have you ever done anything to try to release your emotions that cling and keep you in a stuck place? I am going to talk specifically about guilt […]
Continue reading11:11 Meaning, Another Grief Trigger
The 11:11 meaning is bittersweet to me this week. They have been my guiding force since 2005. The awakening came to me after the suicide death of my husband Steve. It was after that time that I began to see those numbers. They appeared to me when I finally had the courage to listen to a Beatles song […]
Continue readingFirst Year Memorial
The year is approaching since my husband Gerry died and I feel heaviness upon my heart for many reasons. It’s been customary in our culture that a memorial service or some type of gathering is done on the first year’s anniversary of a loved one’s death. This September 2020 is particularly difficult for several reasons. First, […]
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