Condolences is such an odd word…. I never liked it before I lost my daughter Chloe and my parents, now honestly I detest that word. I think that it’s because that word represents someone who doesn’t understand or care to understand grief. I am hoping this blog post may educate on how to be there for Read more
Often we believe that it’s some grand process when you show up for grief. We believe that you decide today that you will be able to somehow grieve and then that’s it, it’s over. No longer will you have to continue grieving and the challenges of facing that pain; that uncertainty. Instead we must learn Read more
I am not ok, in 2010 my dad died very suddenly – from one day to the next he was gone and although my mom was physically still there with me – she died with him. I went on to find out I was expecting a baby, I was going to be a mom. As Read more
I had a tough start to 2017 & I couldn’t seem to find a way to pull it together … then I had a good cry. I grieved a relationship that I thought would be a lifetime, instead it was a season and an amazing love story. But the realization is that the relationship has Read more
Whenever I wake up, a memory of my parents will pop into my head. I cannot express the intensity of the ache that has been present since the death of my father, then the loss of my daughter obviously intensified the ache and when my mom passed away for a long while the ache grief Read more
I can still remember the first time I felt abandoned or the pain of loosing someone or something that I could not replace… At the time that feeling was unbearable and I decided I would do whatever I could to avoid feeling “alone”… There began my belief that love was accepting to put up Read more
If you are reading this…. thank you so much for coming to my website, and my blog. I appreciate that you are taking the time to visit Next, I am so sorry that you are grieving a loss… I am assuming since you are here on my site. I am going to share a bit Read more
