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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Letting Go…It’s What Life is About

I live in a neighborhood full of deer. I often have to watch out for them as I drive to and fro, so I don’t hit them with my car. In February, in the ice and bitter cold, the mother deer watch their fawns stroll across the street, hoping they are not harmed. It is…

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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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The Turning Point: Lessons Learned From a Stranger at a Restaurant

It’s interesting how memories come back to haunt us. At one moment, we are thinking about one thing and in the next split second, we are taken back to the not-so-wonderful past.  This happened to me yesterday as I was driving. I passed by a familiar restaurant and memories flooded my mind. What is particularly…

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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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