Feeling the sun-warmed cement on my bare feet, I stand on the front steps of my father’s home. I watch as my husband drives the car carrying our children out of the drive and into the flow of cars. The longing to be going with them swells in my breast as they head to our […]
News of our family tragedies — three deaths in two months — spread quickly. A friend called to express her condolences and tell me something I had not known. Her son died when he was only 17 years old. “I understand how you are feeling,” she said. “Stay busy. It really helps.”
Though I appreciated her […]
Life can throw some major curve balls and we have no other choice but to deal with them. We live each day without preparing for the next. There are plenty of choices that we have to make each day including getting out of the bed in the mornings. Every thing is a choice for us. […]
There is a great confusion about what is considered grief and loss these days, unfortunately the miss-understanding of grief and loss leaves people feeling depressed, anxiety filled and alone and they don’t understand what’s happening to them.
I remember when I lost my father six years ago, a month later I thought something was wrong with […]
In April of 1999 I reluctantly attended the unfurling of the Aids Quilt. Afterwards, thinking I had survived the event, and apparently not aware of the pain remaining, I cheerily said to my driving companion Anasuya, “Let’s get some snacks at the local 7-11.” Instantly suspicious, knowing my binge eating was at best a furtive […]
