Grateful Eulogies Have Changed
A few weeks ago I attended a funeral for a man I never met. His wife was a colleague. The evocative portrait drawn by his children and grandchildren brought me to tears...
Death & Dying
Chapter 1: Losing Mom and Forgiveness
As she got sicker and more vulnerable over the last two years and especially when the curtain truly fell for her during her last 2 months, the mother daughter role finally changed...
From Book Club To Body Bags
Sometimes book club is not really about the book, but to discuss life-- and death...
How A Dog Saved Our Broken Family
Becoming a single mother without warning is not easy. My happy, easy life was gone, and I had stresses I never imagined having. ...
How Do We Move Forward After Losing the People We Love?
Grief is something each one of us will experience at some point. Read about this process in this real life account of loss....
Our Memories Of Lost Love: Fiction or Fact?
I’ll never forget how he looked, waiting there for me at the bottom of the escalator at the airport....
In Bed With Bruce Springsteen
Bruce and I have traveled a life together, going from my childhood twin bed to various dirty and dingy apartment mattresses....
Talking With Your Parent Now About DNR
The questions on the new and improved DNR have highlighted our ignorance with regard to life-sustaining options for Mom. Apparently, there are degrees, or levels......
Young and Widowed: How I Found Life Again
Suddenly I was a grieving single mom with two grieving adolescent daughters....
Grandmother And Granddaughter: A Forever Bond
She was there when I needed her the most. A month after grandpa died, she spent her fall break with me....
Why My Life Is On Pause
My husband and I are stuck between indecision and inactivity, holding our lives on “pause”......
The Day My World Changed
We sat together on the hill, watching the road carefully and listening intently for the sirens of the ambulance that was coming to make our mom better....
What Was Most Helpful To Hear After My Husband Died
Call? Email? Send a card? Visit? Take them out? Now? Later? Reach out? Let them be? I lost my husband in an instant in January, 2016 and here are two things I want to share... ...
5 Tips To Honor You And Your Loved One After Their Passing
From the heirloom furniture passed through generations to old love notes, choices are thrust into your lap whether you are ready or not....
Helping Our Mothers Die?
When she told me she wasn’t brave enough to kill herself, I thought about helping her. But, I wasn’t brave enough either....
The Greatest Gift My Mom Gave Me: Dying Before Becoming “A Burden”
I don't have a mom or a dad, and in many ways, although I realize it is politically incorrect to say so, it is very freeing....
ICYMI: Modern Love-You May Want To Marry My Husband
I'm an emotional person anyway, but this one really hit me. Â This piece, which my daughter sent to me the other day with the caveat "this is very sad," really r...
How to Help a Friend Who’s Going Through Something Horrible
This is a fantastic article that helps us to become supportive of a friend in time of loss....
Could Carrie Fisher’s Heart Attack Have Been Prevented?
Heart attacks kill six times as many women as breast cancer! Here the signs and what you can do about them......
Have You Figured Out Where You Will Be Buried?
Have you figured out if you will buried with the first spouse...or the second?...