It’s no secret that I’ve had lots of losses in recent years. Big ones, like the deaths of parents, husband, sister, and other family members, as well as friends, but also smaller ones like beloved pets and places where I lived that I loved. As someone who’s worked closely with death and dying, supporting patients
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This is a post about grief, that I hope will be of some help to those who are struggling with the loss of someone close to them. It starts with this letter from Dr. Robert Hughes to a young man he’d been counseling. This was written around the time of the young man’s father’s funeral:
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Last weekend I was gut-punched by the murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. That day, like any mother anywhere, I thought of his parents and their terrible grief. Grief is certainly their’s first. I freely acknowledge that. But there is a grief that many of us are feeling as well. If grief was a circle,
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When moving to a new house it takes me longer to unpack than many folks as I find boxes of treasures that I need/want to sort through to see what still speaks to my heart and is a “keeper.” That is why it took so long to settle into my house in Sherman back in
This time of year is always a but rough as my thoughts often turn to my husband who died in 2013. Our wedding anniversary is late in August, and the anniversary of his death is Sept. 5. Then there are all the fall holidays, which he loved to much, with his birthday tossed into the
What did I come in here for? The last few weeks have been a little rough emotionally as we make plans to have my husband’s ashes interred at the Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery. He is eligible due to his military service in the Air Force. He served four years between the Korean War and Vietnam,
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Back when I was about ten years old, I met the girl who moved into the house behind me. The family; a mom and dad brother and sister, had come to Michigan from South Dakota. Jan and I were the same age, and we became friends quickly and easily. We had only to climb the
Ten years. Already? When you lose someone who was part of your life longer than the time prior to the pairing, the adjustment to “oneness” is hard. Really hard. The photo was taken at a coffee shop in Winnsboro, Texas on one of our wedding anniversaries. This was not long after we’d moved there in
Over the weekend I learned that a good friend and prolific writer, Caleb Pirtle III, had recently died. I never knew he was sick, so I was just stunned to get the news from another writer friend. When I found out what he’d been dealing with, bone cancer, I was even more stunned and surprised.
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A week ago I went to the library to get my library card renewed, and of course I couldn’t leave without a book. I wandered through the young adult and children’s section because I really enjoy those stories, and I saw a young adult novel titled Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened by Emily Blejwas. It
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