Recently, I was shocked to my core by the death of a friend. While the facts surrounding her passing are unclear and not mine to share, she died much too young. Like so many struggling with chronic illness and mental … Continue reading
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Ashes To Everything: Grief, Guilt & Love
I chose water today. Brass, water, Japanese characters on a bowl in which calcium and carbon will reside. It is time to move Mom from the patriotic priority shipping box to something more decorative and dignified. Guilt plants doubts … Continue reading
The Vessel Project – Shining Light Into A Grieving Heart
I recently enrolled in Beryl Ayn Young’s Illuminate ecourse. The course guides participants through the expression and healing of grief. For more information about the course, click here: http://www.berylaynyoung.com/illuminate/ As I grieve my mother’s death, I thought that perhaps the … Continue reading
An Inconvenient Life: Grieving Mom And Gaining Myself
So. . .I see that the envelope of death certificates from the Rusk County Registrar of Deeds has arrived. Paper documenting the end of my mother’s life. Am I ready to read the cause of death? NO. Will it break … Continue reading
Presenting the PRESENT
Still. . . Grief can teach us a thing or two about irony. No matter the relationship we had with someone, we take the time to re-evaluate. So it is for me. My mom died on August 6th out-of-state and … Continue reading
Time Marches On
I remember how topaz blue that morning was, the crispness of the air and the smell of fall as I walked that morning. As I returned back home, my neighbor came outside, handed me a cup of coffee and told … Continue reading