Leave-takings are hard. They are harder for some than for others. If you are someone who has had a lot of loss in your life, you may actually dread …
Finders, Keepers, Losers, Weepers, Hoarders
Nowadays we hear fairly often about the phenomenon of “hoaders”. I don’t know if this has increased over the past decades, or it’s just that the media has focused …
Do You Have Survivor’s Guilt?–When A Loved One Dies
Do You Have Survivor’s Guilt? – When a Loved One Dies …
How to Trick Your Grief and Sadness Into Taking a Break
How to Trick Your Grief and Sadness Into Taking a Break By Iris Arenson-Fuller, PCC, CPC Sure you’re going through a rough patch right now. There may be some …
Is Distraction Good Pain Medicine for Healing Grief?
If you are someone who has struggled through grief and loss, or is dealing with it now, this is a good post for you. If you have tried to busy …
When Greyness and Fog Cover Everything (Grief & Loss Issues)
It’s only 3 PM.. I am seated at my desk, looking out into the yard. The terraced gardens that brightened my day not so long ago, and were once filled …
ENDING, WENDING, MENDING: LIFE’S JOURNEYS
Public Domain Photo by Carol Weinsheimer One day I received a surprise. Our local florist delivered a beautiful flower arrangement, a dish garden, from my old college friend, Ruth, …
TO HARRY, THE GREAT, ON FATHER’S DAY
I imagine some of my friends and family will find this amusing because I am always saying how much I don’t like doing what everybody else does. Here I go, though, …
Is It Normal to Grieve a Deceased Spouse When You Remarry?
One thing I have learned from losing so many people is that everything you feel is normal, for you. I have been married to my second husband now …