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November 13 2018 - Video Post
On Monday, November 5, a group of us gathered for a complimentary luncheon. We talked about how conversations count and supported one another. Watch the video below.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
September 17 2018
Planning Ahead for your own end of life and death involves all dimensions of your life – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The physical involves how you want to Live now. The emotion...
Monday, September 17, 2018
September 10 2018
Our theme this month is Plan Ahead. When I talk to groups about planning ahead for our own deaths, some people’s eyes get big and their heels start tapping – it is a topic that makes them uncomfort...
Monday, September 10, 2018
September 3 2018
Happy Labor Day! This day was created to recognize and honor the many ways workers have helped with the well-being of our country. I so appreciate national holidays - with the government’s “permiss...
Monday, September 3, 2018
August 27 2018
At times, people feel guilty for their laughter thinking they should only be feeling pain and sorrow. I invite these people to look to children as their teachers. A child can move from sadness to l...
Monday, August 27, 2018
August 20 2018
It is my experience that many people are able to laugh, even right after a death. When I sit with family members and hear stories of their loved ones’ lives, laughter is often part of the sharing. ...
Monday, August 20, 2018
August 13 2018
Continuing with our theme of Humor to Help Heal, laughter has been used in Healing for centuries. The Ancient Greeks employed clowns in Hippocrates time. And today studies show that laughter: reduc...
Monday, August 13, 2018
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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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