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Category: Grief

  • Our souls are nourished by the creative work of grief

    Many years ago I began writing a novel, “Ruby, The Life of the Funeral.”                                                                                        My first draft of many chapters was lost when my computer was taken hostage, my files encoded and ransomed for…

  • Celebrating the feast of memories and love

    As the October anniversary of my mother’s death passes, and the Feast of All Souls approaches, it is inevitable that I would recall the many wakes and funerals of my loved ones. There were particularly memorable moments at each one – some painful, some disturbing and some actually funny. When my grandmother died I was…

  • Journeying with the “C” word ~ a familiar journey for many, shared by our Anonymous guest blogger

    The “C” word.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         It’s that word! The one that no one ever wants to associate with, until you have no choice. Well that unspoken word crept up on me out of nowhere like a shadow in the dark. It was just a regular, boring Thursday until I got the call that he was in the…

  • There’s an angel over my shoulder! ~ by Jennifer Britton, guest blogger

    As Sept. 29, the Feast of the Archangels, and Oct. 2, the Feast of our Guardian Angels, quickly approaches, I find myself reflecting back on the many, and unexpected, signs I have received over the last seven years from “my” angels. As Christians, we learn that we all have a Guardian Angel, given to us…

  • Sorrow lifts when we surrender our memories to God

    Recently, during an extended time at home recuperating from a medical procedure, I whiled away a Sunday afternoon watching a marathon of Mario Lanza movies. I grew up with Mario Lanza, the renowned American actor, tenor and opera singer who was known as one of the great romantic performers of his time, because my mother,…

  • ‘A perfect dose of grace’ for all seasons

     This small but powerful book of stories is the perfect read for you when you want to reward yourself with some well-deserved quiet time! Rabbi Irwin Kula, author of “Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life” wrote, “If you want to find God, know love, and truly understand these are the same, read this beautiful book. But be prepared…

  • The unspoken word may be our deepest regret

    Having lived in a home with multiple teenagers, I can say unequivocally that they have a unique way of enlightening parents to their own version of the truth. In my house, I very often got the “quote.” A favorite among them, especially when asked to explain some errant behavior, was, “What can I say, I…

  • Will there be meatloaf in heaven?

    Recently, I made the familiar 160 mile drive to Albany, where I was born and raised, and where family memories play hide and seek behind low rock walls along the New York State Thruway, and yell “home free!” most often, it seems, when I pull in to the parking lot of Keenan’s Funeral Parlor. Here,…

  • Losing love changes things

    It doesn’t seem possible that my dad could be gone 16 years already. But every year, as Valentine’s Day rolls around, I am reminded of the last Valentine’s Day we spent together, him in a Hospice bed, me in tears hoping that he could at least sense how much I loved him. He would die…

  • Becoming my mother’s daughter

    For many years, February was a difficult month for me after the death of my parents. My father died on February 15 and my mother’s birthday is February 27. For years their loss cast a pall over the month. I missed them terribly, but time has changed things. I see my father often in the…