A Day of Sadness and Love

Mother's Day is always a bitch of a day. For nearly 20 years I have allowed this to be a day where my grief can express itself however it needed to be expressed. In recent years, it became more and more a celebration of my mother's life, tinged with deep sadness but mostly filled with …

It’s been an intense week

Grief is one of the most complex of emotions. You've probably heard it said that grief can include a variety of different, powerful emotions and feelings: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, guilt, confusion. The onslaught of these different emotions and feelings can change at any moment or each can last for long periods or we …