Talking About Your Grief Can Take the Hurt Away

Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve. – Earl Grollman 2024 – how’s it been for you so far? In numerology, this year is...

Sometimes It Feels Like Grief Comes Out of Nowhere

There are times it feels like grief takes a pause. Or maybe life gets on a roll, and it is pushed aside. Last week I had it come to the forefront. I had to make an account for the estate to put part of the money in from the sale of the land. This estate business has...

Sometimes Grief Wrecks Us

I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.~J.R.R. Tolkien Sometimes things sting. Even when it’s not your pain. Last week my youngest son lost a friend. She was 20 years old and had just passed her nursing boards. She was going places and, on the way,...

Birthdays, Dreams, Trauma, and Grief

Today would have been Mike’s 63rd birthday. He left the planet just over four years ago. There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t think of him. The night before last I went to bed with some worries on my mind. He came to me in a dream to show me that everything was...