Month: February 2025
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Love in Every Room
Read more…: Love in Every RoomOh February 14th, you just sneak around the corner every year and give us all a reason to say “I love you” to someone special. I woke up today and said that to my sleepwalking daughters who mumbled it back on their way off to school and work. I have been thinking about LOVE all…
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The Worst Day of Your Life
Read more…: The Worst Day of Your LifeWhat if you knew you already had the worst day of your life? You may not know this, but the police process death by suicide like a crime scene. I was sitting alone in the aftermath of my husband’s death last year with two strangers, the policeman and the chaplain. My sister was 6 hours…
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Making & Taking Space
Read more…: Making & Taking SpaceI probably have had more mental health therapy than most people. So I feel like I have become the local “Lucy” from the Peanuts. For just 5 cents I can spill out some therapy to just about anyone or maybe it is more like that warm and fuzzy feeling we had in the 90’s when…
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The Family Group Chat
Read more…: The Family Group ChatMy sister Carolyn was desperate to maintain order in the aftermath of Erik’s death. She showed up with her school teacher markers and chart paper and insisted we all document our comings and goings so she could wrap her brain around it. Seeking control and order is a very natural response to a trauma like…
Comfort Food & the Dying Part 