It has been a day of emotional upheaval. I feel undone – “unsewn” in my soul. It rained the better part of the day and I wept alongside it. No one can really tell…
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The tulips on my table once vibrant and full of life are now hanging their crimson heads low. I watch them as the sun streams through their petals and something in me stirs. They are…
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If you are living with grief then you know well the feeling of the earth moving beneath your feet. Nothing feels steady or predictable anymore. This is one of the hardest things about grief.…
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Because life can be so hard and the changes too fast to manage — I put tulips on my table in January. They greet me at the door when I go to the grocery store; pink,…
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I bought these mirrored stars the weekend of my mom’s memorial service in Virginia. It was my 50th birthday and we went to the Chickahominy House for breakfast. It was one of my mom’s favorite…
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(A note to myself. Maybe others will benefit from my process?) As you are grieving… Be kind to yourself. It’s okay if you don’t get anything done today. You are completely and…
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When it comes to grief, some days are just more difficult to navigate. I woke up with a heaviness draped around me like a blanket. I wasn’t feeling well anyway and frankly, I wanted…
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Grief can feel like this. It has become difficult to see clearly — difficult to even think clear thoughts. I forget things. I put things that are supposed to go in the closet into…