Like most people, I am no stranger to loss. I remember attending my first funeral for a great-grandparent when I was in elementary school, and have gone to at least a dozen celebrations of life since. No matter who it ...
Losing a spouse comes with undefinable pain. However, that pain doesn't just fade away like it does when we stub a toe or bump an elbow. This is especially true in the first twelve months after our person is gone. ...
There's a lot related to grief that we never discuss as a society. In fact, most people avoid talking about grief altogether. I don't know if it's because no one else deals with it or because people are too scared ...
I have never been the type of person who neatly fits into the boxes society tries to cram us into. Labels like "tomboy," "nerd," and "crazy" became my scarlet letters to bear so that others could feel more comfortable. Because ...
This is the first blog I’ve written in 7 months. Reason being is that this past year has been hard. In fact, it’s been hardest year I’ve ever had. And that includes the year Seth died. It’s been a hard ...
I did 6 months of EMDR. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an intense psychotherapy used for people with severe trauma and PTSD. I started about a month after Luke died, and I continued until I felt I could ...
November 13th is a special day in our household. This day was the day my husband was born. The second year after my husband’s death, I wanted to find a way to commemorate his fun-loving and adventurous personality. In honor ...
You are right in however you feel about grief. If you feel this the hardest thing you have ever gone through, you are right. And if you feel that no one understands this pain as you do, you are not ...
It's no secret to anyone that 2020 has brought on more worldly struggles than we would care to live through. A common theme of emotions that are brought on by each one of these "catastrophes" are sadness, anger, depression, loneliness, ...
Depression. Ugh, I’m struggling lately. Just like grief, depression is different for everyone. I’ve stated before that for me grief is like walking through a dense fog. With depression it is kind of similar except the fog is not inanimate. ...