Brighter than ever
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Loving a deceased person has its challenges. And its blessings.
Read MoreRituals Make Us Human
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There is power in the group.
There is power in the solo.
There is power in the yes.
Letters from Stanford
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They say it is never too late to apologize. Will forgiveness, understanding, and acceptance make a difference? We can hope.
Read MoreBeing a dork won't kill you
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Being a dork won't kill your humanness but being an asshole will.
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Sweet 2016
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"When was the last time you did something for the first time?" --Sally Edwards
Ready, set, go and write your Sweet 2016 goals with intention. May you experience your most mindful and best year ever.
That moment when the cake falls over
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You know how it feels. One minute you're enjoying a beautiful wedge of chocolate layer cake with that special someone and the next, it's gone.
Read MoreThe Dad We Know As Mighty Moe
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Sheldon Cooper describes his spot as a "single point of consistency in an ever-changing world", so when I "saw" my dad seated at the next table, the memories came calling.
Read MoreGratitude for the Old Soul
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We all know at least one old soul. Why do we love them so? What might we learn from them? We delight in their wisdom and long for more.
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The Day the Music Started
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I went into childbirth labor on Halloween night an hour before midnight.
Read MoreBreakup with Resistance
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Resistance to the experiences life has thrown at me, the bricks of change I refused to accept are becoming the foundation of a way forward.
Read MoreMy Girl Transformed
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Weird and wonderful dreams and their mixed messages can be comforting or bittersweet, frustrating or full of connection and meaning.
Read MoreCasting On Connections
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Remembering the interactions between family generations can be a loving way of witnessing our grief like a thread of yarn woven through our connected lives. These connections hold us up when we need them most.
Read MoreA Eulogy of Voices
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Written the day before my daughter's first memorial service, this is my tribute to her. A significant portion of this piece includes my daughter's words and is therefore named "A Eulogy of Voices". As there were two memorial services, the first at the Bad River Community Center in Odanah, Wisconsin and the second at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, this is a merged version of the two eulogies.
Read MorePlaying with Dolphins
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Breaking out of the self-care routine can be a useful health strategy both tangible and intangible. Letting others support us in grief, acknowledging our vulnerability and taking steps to ensure our safety can create space to consider the deeper reasons we resist joy.
Read MoreExtreme Self-Care; Should I or Could I?
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It takes experimentation to find self-care strategies that are achievable within the limits of our physical and emotional abilities before they became a sustainable routine. Through the discovery process, I learned self-care is not a selfish act and I began to feel real results.
Read MoreThe Joy of Small Things
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The joy of remembering the small things, the snippets of memory that trigger a deluge of emotions or provide a moment of reprieve.
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