by Susan | Dec 9, 2020 | Caregiving, EGC, Grief
I am full of emotions this Monday morning. It’s been a rough weekend. On Saturday I went to the funeral of a dear friend’s mother knowing that he had been in hospice for the last two days. He passed away on Saturday night. He had been a pharmacist in California since...
by Susan | Nov 24, 2020 | Gestalt, Grief, Horses
As I watch the horses through the misty morning light I wonder if they are preparing for what’s next. Of course, they’re not. They live in the moment and don’t think about what is to come. This is their mastery. When it comes to being in the moment, they are...
by Susan | Mar 3, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, EGC, Grief
I wrote this as a follow up to The Truth About Caregiving then given the circumstances over the last few weeks I held it. (If you missed those you can read them here and here) This Valentine’s Day has brought up a lot of emotions for me. I was confused about it...
by Susan | Jun 26, 2019 | Awareness, Grief, Horses, Relationships
This song was popular when I moved back from Manhattan. I was living on my grandpa’s farm 45 miles south of Oakley and came up in the evenings help dad get his new computer system up to date at the office. I had started seeing Mike that summer and he co-owned a bar...
by Susan | Apr 11, 2019 | Awareness, EGC, Grief, Horses
Last week I was talking to a woman who lost her husband almost a year-and-a-half ago. He and his brothers went on a yearly golf outing and this year when the brothers went, they found a golf ball with a logo from where he worked in the rough. They said it was him...
by Susan | Mar 27, 2019 | Caregiving, Grief, Relationships
John’s senior year of high school has been bittersweet. It’s been full of firsts and lasts. Lasts for John. Firsts for all of us without Mike. Mike’s birthday, eight days after he died, was the first such event. It was so fresh, and John had a swim meet on that day so...
