by admin | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog, Book: Grief is..., Grief, Resilience, Uncategorized
Learning to live again is thinking what you are doing now is the hardest thing you’ve had to do so far and realizing you have felt this way about so many of the other things you have had to do. And smiling at yourself as you realize whatever task it is you are...
by admin | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Resilience, Uncategorized
Yes. Is it also one of the scariest and hardest things to do in the world? Absolutely. After all if love wasn’t so great we wouldn’t have countless gazillion dollar industries trying to sell us all of its accessories: wear this cologne/perfume, dress this way, take...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Grief, Resilience, Uncategorized
1. Will I ever recognize myself in the mirror again? 2. If I stop crying every day or almost everyday will the puffiness around my eyes subside? (yes) 3. Is there a skincare product that will hide the truckload of new lines that have cropped up around my eyes? (nope-...
by admin | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Resilience
First off I have to say that it isn’t as radical as it sounds. The only things I unplugged myself from were my smart phone and my laptop- I felt I had to. After several days of great task completion followed by an emotionally difficult Friday I had gone from elated to...
by admin | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog, Grief, Resilience, Uncategorized
Thank you to those of you who have written and wished us well this holiday season and also for asking how we are doing. I thought I’d do an open letter to answer your questions. It’s a bit of a kick back to when I actually enjoyed writing in that it’s a list and I...
by admin | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog, Resilience, Uncategorized
My 17-year old daughter, Emily recently said to me “Mom I don’t believe in happily ever after anymore. But maybe there is happily in between.” Hmmm. It took me but a second to think, “Yup, she’s right”. Since then I’ve pondered what that means and what that would look...