Plotting the future; priorities in a grief journey
Making up your own mind about what is important to you is one of the challenges of living with loss.
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Diamonds of memory
This is a sponsored guest post on the topic of continuing bonds. The authors are kindly giving us a donation that will help towards the Living with Loss Part 2 retreats that we are planning. People are now making diamonds from their deceased loved one or their own hair The ceremonies, rituals, and memorials surrounding…
Alongside one another
The give and take of grief; giving according to our ability, receiving according to our need.
2017 news and 2018 updates
(News and pix) And so it ends – another year, a mixed bag of joys and sorrows, challenges and monotony, highs and lows that make up daily life. It was a particularly full year for me. It started with a trip to Malta, then in the following months, while John visited his family in Australia,…
Not failing at Christmas
A general post about not feeling a failure, no matter how we cope with Christmas when we’re grieving.
Barnie the dog, & a reflection on the future of grief.
Seeing the way to a future when you’re living with loss.–A reflection inspired by my daughter Catherine’s dog named Barnie.
The poetry of grief
Grief, like the love that underlies it, is so often the inspiration for poems. Poetry is art in words. Just a few words can say so very much. Poetry may come from our own soul, or we might find someone else’s poem expresses our thoughts and feelings better than we can. I wrote a lot…
