Grief Is Natural. Grieving Is A Process

Grief Is Natural. Grieving Is A Process

Grief is natural and grieving is a process. Grief is a noun. Sometimes I think about the word grief and I feel almost as though the word describes a thing, a place, a state of being. Grief. I wonder what it would look like if I could visualize it… You’ve...
Grief Changes But Does Not End Us

Grief Changes But Does Not End Us

Grief changes us but does not end us. How does that sentence land for you? I doubt that any of us would choose to be walking the path through grief and into healing. And yet, life happens. More correctly, I should say that death happens. And there we are, smack dab in...
When Grieving, Become the Observer

When Grieving, Become the Observer

On December 17, 2010, my son Mike ended his life on this planet. Yes, he died of suicide. And so began my journey of walking the path of grief into healing. Now this walk is not one that any of us have chosen. Many were hurled here without warning, those that did have...

Suicide Grief, Why, Their Suicide Death IS NOT Your Fault

Suicide grief. Complicated doesn’t begin to express the experience, the thoughts feelings, the questions, and the guilt. So often we tell ourselves that we should have been able to stop this – somehow. I want to say, again and again, their death by suicide...