Ever noticed that grief compounds? It’s collective. You feel sad about today’s hurt; and suddenly you’re thinking about grief from decades or years or months ago. You hurt now, but you remember Grandma, and that uncle, that child… and the pain still feels fresh. And holidays can intensify all those feelings. Grief has a […]
Tribute
Three women meant the world to me as I grew up. Three women, so closely related that if they had been combined into one, she would have been Wonder Woman in the flesh. Strength and life, fun and creativity, love and intelligence, all lived out as fully as possible in my three favorite ladies: my Mom, my Gramma Doris, or Dodo as […]
Waves
It hits in waves. I can be “fine” for several hours, and then suddenly I am overwhelmed. I don’t understand this grief thing. Fine and then not. Numb and then raw. Happy and then hurting in such a deep way. Waves. Waves of pain. Waves of peace. Waves of anger at the insensitivity of extended […]
Death in the Family
It’s not fun, or pretty. If I had written this post prior to leaving for the Relevant Conference, it surely would have been about something else. Right now though, this is where I am. I received a phone call that rocked my world, just 12 hours before leaving for Relevant. Now as I have returned […]