Today wraps up the last of the “hard days” of 2018. Today would have been my mom’s 68th birthday if she had lived past the age of 59. Every year for my mom’s birthday, I would make her a chocolate cake with chocolate icing. I have baked for her ever since I can remember (yes…
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I am thankful that Child Grief Awareness Month is during the month of November because to be honest, I really dread the month of November. For the last eight years, I have spent each November 1st through Thanksgiving reliving some of the hardest days of my entire life with its climax being on November 14th.…
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In the past couple years we have lost some great celebrity icons. From classic figures such as Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Robin Williams, and the latest Burt Reynolds and Aretha Franklin to younger teen icons like Mac Miller or Avicii, we as a community seem to be very upset when we hear about their passing.…
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I have heard a poem called “The Courage of the Seed” twice over the last two weeks. It is truly a beautiful poem by Mark Nepo and would encourage you to read the whole thing. Both times I have heard it spoken, one of the last lines in the poem has struck a chord with…
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Often times during our grief journey, we spend time thinking about who our loved one would be now. Would they have a new job? Would they be retired and spending time out on the golf course? Would they have graduated high school and gone to college? There are so many what ifs that we think…
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