Missing Sara
I miss my person, Sara. Sara Ann, as my family called her (since my sister is a Sarah). I miss her smile, her laugh. I miss her roundness, her softness. I miss her genuine goodness. I miss how much she… Read moreMissing Sara
Month: June 2021
To George, on our 2nd Father’s Day
My dearest George, Somehow I’ve made it past the 2nd father’s day without you and your mom (it was yesterday). Honestly, I didn’t sit too much with thoughts of you and I on Father’s day. Father’s day as a father… Read moreTo George, on our 2nd Father’s Day
Standing in an Empty Field
In the very first prompt in my new grief journal (Megan Devine’s How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed), I was asked to reflect on my starting point as I sat there with the new journal. I’m not going to… Read moreStanding in an Empty Field
Grief Survival Lists & Brain Power Allocation
Two more exercises in this post from Megan Devine’s grief journal, How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed. I’ve talked before in various blog posts about some of the things I told myself, to make it easier to live with… Read moreGrief Survival Lists & Brain Power Allocation
The Composition of Grief
What IS grief? I mean – we all know that grief arises when we lose something important to us – a person, a dream, a pet, a belonging, our health (and the list could continue), but there is also the… Read moreThe Composition of Grief