Dear Ones, Today we speak of leaving your physical existence. You see someone leaving their physical life as a death. We see it as moving to the next chapter. There is no 'death' just a moving on. The learning that was to occur in the physical body this lifetime has occurred and [...]
Dear Loved One, I know you are around me I know you are near I may not ‘see’ you the same way So please whisper in my ear I have many memories of you And I miss you every day So please send me a sign Oh any which way [...]
We all need support at some point in our lives. That’s what our friends, our family, the relationships we build is all about - support. Sometimes we just need to vent. And I vented to a friend just the other day. :) Sometimes we need an ear to listen. We can talk to someone [...]
This Christmas season I found myself missing my Mom a lot. I know being in my new environment was probably part of it. But I believe a big part of it was also another layer of grief which I was ready to look at. Grief isn’t something that will ever go away. You don’t [...]
This birthday is about a death and a rebirth. It’s about the realization of the death of the Wisconsin me, and the rebirth of the Arizona me. It's about mourning 'me' and celebrating the rebirth of 'me' all at the same time. I have known for a long time that this was going [...]
Howdy Peeps! One of the things I’ve discovered with moving across the country from where I grew up is you really do need to make more of an effort to ‘reach out’ to those you left behind. When you think about it, how is reaching out across the miles, the airwaves to talk with [...]
Howdy Peeps! Do you ever feel like you've been left behind? It's not a topic a lot of people even talk of. We may feel left behind because: Someone close passes away Your peer(s) have been let go A friend moves to another city in a different state Your partner decides to leave A relationship [...]
Howdy Peeps! Sometimes I need to listen to what I tell others or what I write in my articles or blogs :). Isn't that what some of us do? We tell others this great advice but we don't listen to it ourselves. Today I spoke with the husband of a friend of mine. She is [...]