When dealing with loss, we are bombarded by feelings. Some of those feelings, like remembering love and moments of joy, can bring comfort, while others can drag us down to the depths of despair. When those feeling hit, you may fall into the abyss of suffering, unable to rise up from the mire. You have […]
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When grieving, we all feel pain. We can recognize it and deal with it constructively, or we can melt into the deep abyss of suffering, unable to rise up from the mire. The good news is, you have choice in this matter. You can choose to survive and thrive. Compare the loss of a loved […]
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Grief has no finish line. No measuring tapes are involved. Grief is as individual as breathing. Early grief is all encompassing. We sometimes feel we are drowning in grief. Every breath is a struggle. Sleep is our reprieve. Then miraculously and often unnoticed, each breath is a little easier. We can’t anticipate when this will […]
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Everything seems to be up in the air. Each morning when I wake up, I question what will happen now. Questions fill my thoughts about all the people getting sick and maybe dying in the pandemic, people demonstrating because of people dying at the hands of the law enforcement who is supposed to protect us, […]
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I went for a walk and saw no one on the way until I spotted a neighbor I had not meant before. We stayed a careful distance apart, but I could tell she was eager to talk. She expressed her amazement with all that is happening in our country between the pandemic and demonstrations. She […]
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“It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always and have it in your mind at all times.”– Tyler Perry Have you noticed how much we are like chameleons? Here in Hawaii we have lots of chameleons, known as Jacksons, who look like small prehistoric creatures with horns. The first one I saw someone […]
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I can hear you now. “I am grieving. There’s no joy in my life.” I can understand you feeling that way, but that’s not how you have to feel. Right now, our country, and actually the world, is consumed with fear, despair, disease, and confusion. Where is the joy there? We seem to have hit […]
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When someone you love dies, everything changes. Initially you have deep yearning for things to go to how they were when you both were healthy and living the life you dreamed of. Now you know that not possible, and you may be struggling to know what to do now. That happened for me. I set […]
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I remember looking forward to 2020, knowing that the future was bright and amazing things were going to happen. What a surprise that those amazing things were not the positive changes I was anticipating. Our world and our lives seem to have been turned upside down as well as shaken around. Add with our personal […]
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My Mom and Dad were married for 54 years. They were 18 when they got married in a small California town during the Depression. They spent their time together until Daddy got drafted into World War II. When he came home, they were closer than ever. They spent years together active in the Veterans of […]
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