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Can Music Soothe a Broken Heart?

On July 20 of 2020, my family came together for dinner with heavy hearts.  July 20 is my dad’s birthday and this would be our fourth one without him.  We were soft and somber but together and willing to be present with each other’s grief and...

Mother’s Day (Times Two)

Last Sunday was Bereaved Mother’s Day.  For the last few years it didn’t matter much to me that there was a day designated to us bereaved mothers. I have always dreaded and been saddened by any version of Mother’s Day since losing Marley and I...

Holding the Space for Grief

What Does it Mean to Hold the Space? So many of us want to do something to help with COVID-19, the victims of the virus, their families, and communities.  There is so much grief.  Grief for the life we were all living and now has forever changed.  The levels of change...

The Fear

In an updated version of my last post I thought it might be curious to write a similar letter, one which reflects more accurately how I am doing in these days.  The last one was written 40 days after Marley had been killed.  Today I am 3 years and 7 months out from...

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