#MondaysMoments
May 22 2017
Recently I was meeting with a group of residents at a local Continuing Care Retirement Community and we were talking about limitations, the limitations that can come with aging. Limitations from lo...
Monday, May 22, 2017
May 15 2017
The seeds of grief and loss can grow in ways we might never expect. In the Koch Funeral Home sponsored documentary, Voices of Grief: Honoring the Sacred Journey, you hear five individuals/families ...
Monday, May 15, 2017
May 8 2017
One reason I am involved in grief work is because of what the seeds of loss have grown within me. When my husband and I lost our first six pregnancies, one thing that grew was my appreciation for t...
Monday, May 8, 2017
May 1 2017
This month our theme is Plant a Seed: What Will Grow? A friend and colleague of mine, Zack Maser, describes loss and grief as a seed that plants in your heart. Your tears help water it and ov...
Monday, May 1, 2017
April 24 2017
April 27 is National Tell Your Story Day, a time when you’re encouraged to share stories in books, your imagination and your memories. At Koch Funeral Home, we believe strongly in the power of stor...
Monday, April 24, 2017
April 17 2017
Stories are powerful and are part of what’s left even when we’re gone from this earth – a very important part. According to a 2012 Allianz Life Insurance Company survey, baby boomers and thei...
Monday, April 17, 2017
April 10 2017
Continuing with our theme of What’s Your Story?, research has found that the process of reviewing and telling stories about our own life experiences can affect both our mental and physical health.&...
Monday, April 10, 2017
Previous Posts
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...
Find Us:
