#MondaysMoments
May 24 2021
As an end-of-life doula, I have the incredible honor of companioning people as they get ready to transition from this world. Much of that journey involves tending their inner gardens. People notice...
Monday, May 24, 2021
May 17 2021
As I companion people on their grief journeys, tending inner emotional gardens is paramount. Sometimes our tendency is to shy away from the emotions of grief. What people have told me, however, is ...
Monday, May 17, 2021
May 10 2021
Continuing with our theme of “Tending Your Inner Garden,” the question arises, what do you mean by my inner garden? As we've talked about in this blog before, I like to think of us all as having fo...
Monday, May 10, 2021
May 3 2021
This month our theme is “Tending Your Inner Garden.” As we begin talking about this, I want to bring your attention to the word tending. We're not talking about rototilling your inner garden or kil...
Monday, May 3, 2021
April 26 2021
April is National Donate Life month and I think people and families who take part in organ donation know how to lean into sorrow. First, the people who sign up for and let their loved ones know the...
Monday, April 26, 2021
April 19 2021
“Leaning Into Sorrow” is something I’m privileged to witness on a regular basis. I companion people as they are dying, as a loved one is dying, and after a loved one has died. As I do this, I’m con...
Monday, April 19, 2021
April 12 2021
Continuing with our theme of “Leaning Into Sorrow,” our natural inclination is to lean away from pain. I often quote Robert Frost, “The best way out is always through.” I’ve learned in both my pers...
Monday, April 12, 2021
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December 11 2023
I wasn’t always comfortable with the concept of, “Dare! Silence.” I grew up in a house with five kids and two parents, so silence was not something that happened often. When I began to practice a s...
December 4 2023
This month’s theme is “Dare! Silence.” Silence is very important throughout our lives, especially on our grief journeys. Silence can be intimidating, and we often try to fill it when we encounter i...
November 27 2023
To close this month, please read Anne Hillman’s poem, “We Look With Uncertainty” as you notice “something new is being born in” you while making new treasured memories.
We look with uncertainty
be...
November 20 2023
My favorite holidays is Thanksgiving. In terms of the meanings behind other holidays, I’m all in. But I can do without their hype and commercialization. So as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, ...
November 13 2023
As I was writing this month’s posts about our theme of “Memories Become Treasures,” the song “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac started to play. When our youngest child went off to college, this song mad...
November 6 2023
This month’s theme is “Memories Become Treasures.” In a recent grief education and support group I was leading we talked about looking at old photographs of deceased loved ones and how those pictur...
October 30 2023
To close out this month, read these words of poet John O'Donohue:
The dead are not distant or absent. They are alongside us. When we lose someone to death, we lose their physical image and presenc...
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