#MondaysMoments
August 3 2020
This month our theme is “What Fills Your Soul?” This is an important question to ask ourselves and one we often ignore in our everyday busyness. Maybe that’s partly because we aren’t sure what our ...
Monday, August 3, 2020
July 27 2020
I encourage you to create important rituals in your life. Not only the milestones like birthdays, graduations, weddings, funerals and holiday celebrations, but also the daily rituals that help you ...
Monday, July 27, 2020
July 20 2020
In my home, I’m often suggesting rituals to family members to help with grief, loss and transitions. A common ritual I suggest is to write down on a piece of paper what is bothering them and then g...
Monday, July 20, 2020
July 13 2020
Rituals are important because they help put us back together. The Indo-European roots of the word ritual mean to “fit together.” And the roots of the word bereaved mean “torn apart.” Rituals are ab...
Monday, July 13, 2020
July 6 2020
Our theme this month is “Why Are Rituals Important?” This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart and part of the reason why I became a spiritual director, Life-Cycle Celebrant™ and end-of-lif...
Monday, July 6, 2020
June 29 2020
I want to leave this month’s theme of “How Do You Calm Yourself?” with a poem written by author and retreat leader Kent Ira Groff and entitled, "There & Here:"
You can't get there from here.
O...
Monday, June 29, 2020
June 22 2020
When we look to the past, we can sometimes feel regret and when we look to the future, we can feel anxiety. But if we come into the present, the regrets and anxiety aren’t there. We have the moment...
Monday, June 22, 2020
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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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