#MondaysMoments
August 1 2016
This month our theme is Hope, Healing and Wholeness. I’m honored to accompany people on their grief journeys and hold hope that they will experience healing and find wholeness even in times o...
Monday, August 1, 2016
July 25 2016
Years ago I saw the movie Broadcast News. In the movie a character played by Holly Hunter has several scenes where she just sits and sobs for no apparent reason. We don’t know why she is crying, bu...
Monday, July 25, 2016
July 18 2016
Have you ever taken the opportunity to let go into your grief? Sometimes avoiding grief is harder than simply experiencing it. This proved true for me a few years ago when I said goodbye to a...
Monday, July 18, 2016
July 11 2016
Last week on Independence Day we thought about freedom, truth and love. When these words guide your grief journey, they help you have an authentic experience. Giving yourself the freedom to grieve ...
Monday, July 11, 2016
July 4 2016
Happy Independence Day! The 4th of July is the essence of freedom. And freedom is something that has always been very important to me. Many of the decisions I make in my life are based on whi...
Monday, July 4, 2016
June 27 2016
We are now officially in summer! Summer is a season of fullness, light, productivity and playfulness. It can also be a time of diminished energy due to heat. One of the ways we ca...
Monday, June 27, 2016
June 20 2016
I had the privilege of recently helping a family honor their mother. At the gathering after the service, I was so touched by a unique way they celebrated her life. The mom had a fondnes...
Monday, June 20, 2016
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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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