Filling the time and space you would have spent with your spouse day to day. One of the most difficult things I remember from early […]
Taking Control of our (new) lives
Taking Control of our (new) Lives.. For many of us, the beginning of our grief journey happens in a fog. The early days, weeks and […]
Spiritual Ideas to Consider
Hope, Faith and Belief – connections that end, connections that remain Some spiritual ideas to consider: The spiritual experiences I’m going to write about may […]
Finding purpose and meaning and restructuring our “new” lives.
Finding purpose and meaning and restructuring our “new” lives. To me, these two ideas may be among the most important things I think we can […]
Some things to think about and to work on:
The Piñata effect: When we experience the passing of a spouse or partner, our entire world is disrupted, all we know and all we have […]
What are we talking about: Hope and Healing
Definitions: Hope: A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Grounds for believing that something good may happen. To want something […]
Finding Purpose and Meaning and Spiritual Connections:
I want to start this Topic with two stories about things that happened to me along the way. One happened in the first month of […]
Sharing the Journey
Sharing the journey: grief shared helps dilute it’s intensity and helps us with our healing. Telling your story is important: This is why we have […]
To Fight Grief or to “Go With the Flow..”
To Fight Grief or to “Go With the Flow..” Another ocean image: If you are washed out to sea in a rip tide, a seaward […]
Waves of Grief
Waves of grief: One of the most commonly expressed statements I’ve heard about grief from people who are grieving and from things I’ve written in […]