I didn’t know that I had to become courageous… forever… after loss. I mistakenly believed that being courageous was only necessary for a couple of years. Maybe three. But every…
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I get mad at myself when I am afraid. How dare I feel fear? How do I even have the right to complain? I get to live. He didn’t. He…
There is no positive way to look at the holidays after loss. I really tried. I know this is not your typical self-help talk. I can give you all the…
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same…
Deep breath, another deep breath. Some nausea. Sweat. And a need to go back to hiding. This is what courage feels like. Courage is not a pleasant experience. It is…
There is a place within us that tells us we have to be Olympic swimmers to swim in the ocean. We have to be thin to go on a date….
A hundred years from now you and I will not be here anymore. Where we have lived, someone else will be living. Where we have walked, someone else will be…
Last night I dreamed that I was an astronaut in my own spaceship. I was floating in space amongst the stars. I could see all the sparklers around me and…
I don’t know exactly when it started to happen. But there was a moment in time when things shifted towards more happiness than hopelessness. More joy than resistance. More cheer…
I first met her after my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Her first words were… you should have been the one dying. It would have been easier….
