This past Monday, September 11th, our nation observed the events of the hideous attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 in our country. Memorial services were being held at the different sites of the attacks. The families and friends who lost loved ones gathered to honor those who were killed on that horrendous day. Each…
Loneliness is a significant part of the grief journey. No matter what your relationship is to the person who has died then missing them and feeling the loss of their presence is one of the parts of grief that often surfaces throughout the grief journey. Webster’s dictionary defines lonely as “being without company or cut off from…
Many of us are seeing the images of the catastrophic flooding coming out of our nation’s fourth largest city, Houston, Texas at this time. When you look closely at the images and the faces, what do you see? When you listen to those on the news pleading to be rescued or discussing the loss that they have…
For those of you who already have animals, then you personally know the many joys and wonderful moments that having animals in our lives can bring. In this blog, I want to share how our animals have helped our family and in particular my youngest daughter MiKayla as we have been traveling our grief journey.…
My two daughters have both had exciting events this past week. Kylee has started her junior year at UCA and is now living in an apartment. MiKayla is off to a great start this past week in her senior year in high school. I have had different people asking me how I am doing with Kylee…
Six years ago today… this mother lost her son, this wife lost her husband, and these children plus my son lost their father. Six years ago today… we were all in a state of shock. Suddenly, we were without Kirk. As I think back to my time in trauma with my husband after the accident, there are images that are…
Grief. Grief can be lonely. Six years ago today was when my husband had his accident at work. One moment he was walking outside simply going about his day. He had no idea that his life was about to change forever in an instant. The next moment he was lying paralyzed from the chest down…
Loss can be found in so many circumstances in our lives. For the girls and I, August 2011 when their daddy/my husband died, and June 2013 when their brother/my only son died screams out at us as our HUGE, devastating losses. Nothing compares with our two guys dying within 22 months of each other in our hearts…
The girls and I had such a fun time at Saturday’s St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball game. We sure wish the score had been reversed, but we were so thankful for a beautiful night (82 degrees 🙂 ), free jerseys, and awesome fireworks in spite of our losing game! Kylee has become quite the baseball fan, and she…
Recently, I was talking to one of my friends who had a daughter that had been killed in a car accident. His daughter was similar in age to my son PK who was killed at the age of 18. He was struggling with how to process his grief. He said, “I put all of her pictures away……