#MondaysMoments
July 10 2017
What does freedom mean to you? According to www.dictionary.com, freedom is the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint. For some, grief feels like t...
Monday, July 10, 2017
July 3 2017
As we get ready to celebrate the 4th of July, our theme this month is “Freedom.” Just as our country experienced a struggle before achieving its freedom, the same can be true for us. For example, w...
Monday, July 3, 2017
June 26 2017
A poem I often share to encourage others to go within, feel the struggle and find the strength is “The Guest House” by Rumi. I hope this poem encourages you.
This being human is a guest house.
Eve...
Monday, June 26, 2017
June 19 2017
As I sit with families, hear the stories of their loved ones’ lives and companion them on their grief journeys, I’m often touched by the strength they exhibit. Strength in the form of allowing thei...
Monday, June 19, 2017
June 12 2017
Continuing with our theme, “Go Within. Feel the Struggle. Find the Strength.”… is going within something that is easy and comfortable for you? One practice I encourage people to do is called Notice...
Monday, June 12, 2017
June 5 2017
This month our theme is “Go Within. Feel the Struggle. Find the Strength.” Does this sound counterintuitive? Why would you want to go within and feel the struggle? When a caterpillar transforms int...
Monday, June 5, 2017
May 29 2017
I hope you have a meaningful Memorial Day! As you remember and honor your loved ones today, if you’re ready and interested, I invite you to take a moment and look for growth that the seeds from the...
Monday, May 29, 2017
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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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