When my husband Jacques died, I had many different physical symptoms like a flair of inflammation and insomnia. I spent too much time with doctors trying to find relief, but I eventually did feel better. Then when Ron’s heart started to fail, I was challenged too. My blood pressure was way too high which was […]
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Do you always tell the absolute truth? The most common answer to this question is “Of course I only tell the truth!” But do you? Really? Years ago, there were many stories that I told. I wasn’t trying to be dishonest. I was trying to feel better about myself. I felt that I could be […]
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When I mention the name of my podcast, Grief and Happiness, to someone, I generally get comments of how those two words don’t go together, but I know in my heart that they do. People generally think of grief being negative reminding them of great sorrow. I understand that, and I also know that grief […]
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I woke up the morning with some of the lyrics of the Beatles song A Day in Life running through my head. “I read the news today, oh boy . . . .” only I had read the news last night on Instagram. Leslie Jordan died in a single car accident after apparently having a […]
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Those who know me know I frequently ask people to not say “I’m sorry for your loss.” This phrase grates as trite and something people say out of a sense of obligation to recognize someone’s loss then rush on to what they actually want to talk about. I just got home from a nine hour […]
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Rev Rachel Hollander, the President of the board of the Grief and Happiness Alliance Nonprofit Organization, has a beautiful singing voice and is an accomplished song writer, so when she invited me to attend the service on Zoom of the Washington DC Unity Church where she would be singing three songs, I knew I had […]
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How many miracles have you experienced in your life? I’ll bet you can’t count them. Most of us go through life without realizing that each of our lives is a miracle. Every moment of our lives is a miracle. When I was training to be a nurse, I was required to observe a surgery being […]
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I feel so fortunate now that for all my loved ones who have transitioned, I was able to say whatever I wanted them to know before they died. That is such a good feeling. Feeling like I had no more I had to say freed me to have wonderful conversations with these people. We were […]
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Every day when I wake up, I remember waking up in that room with my amazing husband. We considered that room our sacred space. Most mornings I wake happy and grateful to have spent ten years in his arms and heart. Then sometimes I wake up empty. On days like that, I know to pay […]
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Did you know that you can contribute to your own feeling good? You may be surprised that you do without even realizing what you are up to. Our miraculous bodies are always working to serve us to live our best lives, but they can do even better with a little help from us. When we […]
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