#MondaysMoments
January 2 2023
This month our theme is “Timeless Healing.” For those of you grieving the loss of a loved one, today might be a relief. The winter holidays are over and you can now go back to your “regular” life. ...
Monday, January 2, 2023
December 26 2022
To encourage you on the path to inner stillness, I’ll leave you with the poem “Prescription for the Disillusioned” by Rebecca del Rio.
Prescription for the Disillusioned
Come new to this da...
Monday, December 26, 2022
December 19 2022
When we find that inner stillness deep within, it doesn’t end there. It is from that place that we can live our lives more intentionally, even in our grief. Contemplation and action are linked like...
Monday, December 19, 2022
December 12 2022
Continuing with our theme of “Inner Stillness,” there are many paths of turning inward and finding inner stillness. As I mentioned last week, meditation is one path. In my 4-3-2-1-! on Hope, Healin...
Monday, December 12, 2022
December 5 2022
This month our theme is “Inner Stillness” For me, inner stillness is about contemplation. It’s about taking some deep breaths and going to the innermost part of me. It’s about letting go of thought...
Monday, December 5, 2022
November 28 2022
I think this “Talking to Grief” poem by Denise Levertov does a great job speaking about making grief your friend:
TALKING TO GRIEF
Ah, grief, I should not treat you
like a homeless dog
who comes ...
Monday, November 28, 2022
November 21 2022
Thanksgiving is this week. If you’re grieving the loss of a loved one, you might have mixed emotions about taking part in the festivities. I encourage you to create space for grief to be your frien...
Monday, November 21, 2022
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...
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