It was a snowy Sunday morning – slow and peaceful. Capt. Jack, No Sparrows and I are both stationed on the multi-use table in our home: he’s watching bird tv out the bay window and I’m happily planted with my calculator and two tax prep organizers, mine and dad’s. I am feeling great about getting […]
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Can You Heal from the Death of a Child?
Parents are supposed to die first, not their children. That’s just the natural order of life. But children leave this life every moment of every day. No matter the child’s age or cause of death – illness, miscarriage, suicide or abortion, it’s devastating to those left behind, particularly for moms. The emotions felt by parents, […]
A Healing Ceremony for Women Who Have Lost Children
Mother’s Day can be a very difficult time for women who have lost a child. No matter the age of the child, how long ago the death occurred, or the manner of death, the emotional turmoil that results for these wounded mothers when everyone else is buying cards and flower baskets to honor moms, is […]
World’s Best Permission Slip
It was a rough and simultaneously beautiful couple of months in Heatherville: a friend died in March knocking me on my butt and popping the grief pool wide open. With March also being when my beloved Milagro and other dear ones passed over the years, it gets a little crowded in the grief arena during […]