Life & Inspiration

Pondering Holiday Memories This Season and What They’re All About

Change is unavoidable – It’s part of life.

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Loss Happens to All of Us: But, There is a Way to Renew

“We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world — the company of those who have known suffering.” — Helen Keller On the evening of Oct 2nd, 2020, I received the dreaded phone call. He had died. He died in the middle of kidney dialysis. They said he experienced cardiac arrest, a heart…

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Life & Inspiration

My Uncle Died on Christmas Day: Grieving is Messy

My uncle died on Christmas day, 12/25/21. Even though he was in hospice, his death feels unexpected. Let me explain. My uncle was the last of his generation in my family and my longest living relative. He lived ninety-six mostly good years, especially here in the U.S.   A quiet but active introvert, uncle Vicente…

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The Unexpected Gap: Thoughts on the In-Between of Life, Change, and All That

It is autumn. It is a time that signifies the end of something, the beginning of something else, and the “in between.” It is a time when the old life withers and new life eventually emerges. It is a time of change. So many of us are truly afraid of change, but change is something…

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Healing from Grief at the Park: What Happens When We Lose Someone

Today is Thursday, March 07, 2013, and I had the long-awaited pleasure of spending this day all by myself. Today is also the anniversary of my mother’s death. She died thirty-two years ago at the young age of 47. So, today, I suppose I am grieving this loss like I do every year. I decided…

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