by admin | Mar 25, 2018 | Grief, Resilience, Uncategorized
Hug Someone You Love Today The very fact that I now live in a place where my grief has become one of the stories of my life is somewhat remarkable. It’s taken a long time for me to incorporate my experience of grief into my life story. It is now a part of me the same...
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Grief, Resilience, Uncategorized
Shit Happens / Life is Good “Shit Happens” is sometimes the most appropriate and honest response there is. Though I had often used it in an off the cuff manner when a situation had gone wrong the sentiment that followed tended to be “Oh well. Let’s accept this...
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Grief, Resilience, Uncategorized
“Shit Happens” is sometimes the most appropriate and honest response there is. Though I had often used it in an off the cuff manner when a situation had gone wrong the sentiment that followed tended to be “Oh well. Let’s accept this happened and do our best to figure...
by admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Blog, Grief, Resilience
Unfortunately, one of the things we don’t do well as a society is support those who grieve. This is not because we don’t want to but because we don’t know what to do. So I thought I’d share just a few of best things people did for me when my husband died. Hopefully,...
by admin | Dec 19, 2016 | Blog, Resilience, Uncategorized
A message of hope Facebook isn’t always great. In the last few weeks I have seen “memories” of times I’d forgotten about. I remember well posting those photos during the first few years after Richard passed: sometimes out of a need to document the sadness that masked...
by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | Blog, Resilience, Uncategorized, Women and Politics
I am not a coin collector but this morning I bought the Canadian Mint’s 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote dollar coins. Five coins for $5, shipping and handling included. Those of us older than dare I say 40 remember what it was like to become a woman in the...
