The First Year
Let me be real. The first year after a loss can really suck. It’s like a 365-day sail across a tumultuous sea filled with constant reminders, questions, regrets, and of course grief – in all it’s forms. If you are […]
Jessica McKimmie
5-Minutes for Compassion
“Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.” After my mom died, I was having so much trouble connecting with her. I was feeling lost and alone. I turned to […]
Your Grief is My Grief
Photo: Farm in Franschhoek, South Africa When we’re in the depths of our grief, it can feel as if no one in the whole world understands how we’re feeling. We feel completely alone. Our friends, coworkers and family couldn’t possibly […]
Be Crumbled, Be Changed
Inside each of us there’s a continual autumn. Our leaves fall and are blown out over the water, a crow sits in the blackened limbs and talks about what’s gone. There’s a necessary dying, and then we are reborn breathing […]
The Closure Debate
After my first post, a friend sent me a link to Nancy Berns TEDx-talk on Closure. That friend had recently lost one of her newborn twins and the video helped her find comfort in her journey with loss. I agree- it’s a […]
The Yellow Shirt
This story was shared with my sister last Friday by a friend of our mom – it touches on creating traditions and ends with a revelation on peace. “I am leaving you with a gift: peace of mind and heart. And […]
Peace Through Grief: The Beginning
After the sudden loss of my mom last year and the loss of my dad eleven years ago, I’m beginning to consider that maybe, just maybe, I’m here on this earth to talk to others about grief. In the recent years […]
