When someone important to you experiences the death of a loved one, it’s hard to know what to say and do that will offer comfort. Death and grief are awkward and messy. Almost everything about death is hard and uncomfortable. It can even be tough to pick out an appropriate sympathy card. When you do …
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What is your relationship with hope? When you’ve finished reading some of my thoughts, I’d love to know what yours are. Hope is a fine word, a fine thing to be sure; but hope is not enough — especially when talking about metastatic cancer. Hope is a tricky thing. It’s elusive, it’s vague, it means …
Just celebrated another birthday, but this post isn’t about that. Then again, it is. You see, today, I’m sharing a little story about an unexpected, birthday-related grief trigger. I would love it if you shared a grief-trigger story of yours at the end of this post. Sometimes, grief triggers are expected. You are prepared, or …
Listen now or download for later. A limited number of other posts are available as audios in my free resource library. When a beloved pet (any kind) dies, it’s a big deal. Therefore, it goes without saying (or should) that pet grief is real grief too. If you’ve ever grieved deeply for a pet and …
Download/listen to an audio of this post read by Nancy: (More audios are available for listening/downloading via the Library.) What do you do with grief at five, ten, twenty (or more) years out? Short answer? There is no answer. The thing about grief is that it’s ongoing. Grief has no end point. Sure, it generally …