I Wish There Was a Handbook For Pet Grieving
Spike became my dog and remained my dog until the end. And the end came much too quickly....
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Holiday Planning: How To Cope With Binge Foods
If you have trigger foods that prevent you from losing weight, here are some tips on how to combat giving in to the cravings. ...
Dating After 50: Where Is The Pause Button On A Broken Record?
He started the conversation and never stopped...talking. I felt like my date was an old vinyl album stuck in that locked groove, playing the same track over and over again....
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....
5 Reasons Funerals Can Be An Uplifting Ritual
I’m not sure if I’m going out on a limb here, but I actually enjoy going to funerals...
Young and Widowed: How I Found Life Again
Suddenly I was a grieving single mom with two grieving adolescent daughters....
A Single Mother Says Goodbye To Her Youngest Child
This past weekend, I dropped my son at a college 1,800 miles away. I’m scared of my new empty nest reality. I am excited too. ...
Cleaning Out My Memories
I always knew in my head, not so much in my heart, that our memories are within us, not within our things...
For Some Moms, The Nest May Never Be Empty
I rejoice for my older child who has left and is making his way so well in the world, and I grieve for the one who never will....
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....
Handing Down A Family Heirloom
I quietly 'Facebook' a message to my niece and ask if she'd like the aged gloves for her own daughter... ...
Happy Birthday, Dear (Departed) Dad
A must read and brilliant day of remembrance for anyone who has lost a parent! You will want to send this to all your loved ones....
Houston You’re My Home
Hurricane Harvey brought an intensity that destroyed lives, families, and in many cases, the things that people came to Houston for in the first place – a better life for their families....
How To Find Meaning In Friendships That End
Over years and after a couple of angry, pleading phone calls, I slowly emotionally divorced her as well....
How It Feels To Sell A House Of 30 Years
Once the tears started flowing, they wouldn’t stop....
The Last Time I Saw Richard
“How could you do this? Do you understand what this means? I knew all along you’d let me down, how could you be so selfish…”  ...
Overcoming Your Divorce Resentment
Bitterness and resentment make it hard even for the people who love you to be around you....
Why You Should Throw A Celebration For a Parent Before It’s Too Late
I ignored the doctor’s orders. I gathered family and friends from around the country and threw him a party in his honor - A Life Celebration. ...