#MondaysMoments
January 20 2020
In one education and support group I co-facilitate, we ask the participants to think of the person who is most supportive of them on their grief journey. Almost every group member chooses someone w...
Monday, January 20, 2020
January 13 2020
If I had recently lost a loved one and a friend said to me, “You got this!” I’m not sure I would appreciate it. With grief, it can help to hold it inside a supportive community where we can release...
Monday, January 13, 2020
January 6 2020
This month our theme is “You Got This!” That might seem to be an odd theme when discussing the grief we feel after losing loved ones, because that grief can feel like “we don’t have this.” It can f...
Monday, January 6, 2020
December 30 2019
As 2019 comes to an end and we get ready to start a new year, I invite you to include a practice of gratitude in your day. Some people write down five things they’re grateful for. Some even decide ...
Monday, December 30, 2019
December 23 2019
I often say that grief and gratitude are two sides of the same coin, although, no one says it better than Kahlil Gibran:
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contai...
Monday, December 23, 2019
December 16 2019
When I work with people who have lost a loved one, they are acutely aware of the impact one person has on others. They experience the loss of that every day. With our December theme of “It’s a Wond...
Monday, December 16, 2019
December 9 2019
As we continue with our theme of “It’s a Wonderful Life!” I have people in my life who I want to learn the lesson of how they’ve mattered; you probably do too. Why not tell them by finishing this s...
Monday, December 9, 2019
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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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