My Journey with Grief

I've come to realise, over the years, that as difficult as Christmas may be for those who have lost a spouse or partner, it's not that...

I've come to realise that, just as every painting, every piece of pottery or glass art, and every photograph in my apartment has a memory...

One aspect or "stage" of grief that I don't feel I've truly experienced yet is anger. Anger doesn't sit well with me. I have a great deal...

You left in autumn The leaves were turning I walked down roads of orange and gold I saw your sweet smile I heard your laughter You're...

Thank you for your patience. My finger is still not right, I refer to it as my Frankenfinger, but I need to just get on and get used to...

I'm not back because my finger is still splinted. After the initial period of time, the finger was still deformed, so I have seen an...

Three weeks ago, I was folding a blanket and heard a strange noise and felt a weird sensation in the pinky of my right hand. I gave...

Sometimes bereavement and grief has the unexpected, and unwelcome, occasion or comment that will make it clear that your connections with...

When I was about 5 or 6, I remember going to the cinema to see the Disney film Pollyanna, starring Hayley Mills in the title role. I...

When we got the word about Chris' cancer returning and then, after a consultation with the oncologist and surgeon, that the cancer was...

I recently had a conversation with someone about the signs we sometimes experience as messages from our dearly departed. My acquaintance...

When the five stages of grief were first presented back in 1969 by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, it was presented in such a way that made them...

Do you ever feel as if you need a release from your grief, but it just isn't coming? It feels as if you are about to burst with pent up...

I am writing this just a week away from what would have been Chris' 65th birthday and it will publish the day after his birthday. I guess...

I recently learned that the term glimmer is being used as the opposite to trigger, psychologically speaking. While a trigger is defined...

Did you and your partner have rituals and routines? Things that happened everyday in the same way at the same time? I'm sure you did....

First, if you are sensitive about your faith or beliefs, you may want to give this particular instalment a miss. I haven't very nice...

The funeral or memorial service is over, family has gone home, the flowers are beginning to die, you've read the sympathy cards over and...

A widow's continuing journey with grief and learning to live with loss.