Missing Your Mom on Mother’s Day: Mothers Day Prep 2012 – Part Two
This weeks topic: To distract or dive in to feelings? That is the question. My advice: decide what kind of person you are and how you'd like to deal with this day.
Seriously, who am I supposed to get life advice from now?
By age 12, I had traveled alone to Texas & Brazil. By 15, I was traveling to New York City by myself frequently. At 17, I had moved out on my own. By 24, I had started my own business. I think it's safe to say that am no stranger to doing it alone... So now that my parents are gone, who gives the life advice?
Missing Your Mom on Mother’s Day: Mothers Day Prep 2012 – Part One
Mother's Day is 7 weeks away. When a holiday like this comes around, it's easy to feel left out. This year I'm going to post often about this topic to help all of us who need support. Here's a few steps to get us started.
Guest Blog Entry: Just Surviving by Caitlin Maloney
Caitlin Maloney submitted a guest blog post to us. She lost her mom @ age 8 and her dad 3 years ago to suicide. Contact Caitlin if you want to connect with her.
The New & Improved LosingYourParents.org
I've spent most of this beautiful weekend enjoying the weather on the back porch making improvements to my blog including: re-doing the entire back end of LosingYourParents.org re-hooking up my rss feed so you can [...]
My Favorite Grief Books
When my dad died, I went home that day to the apartment we shared in Yardville, NJ and I felt like he was around me. There were signs everywhere... my stereo was stuck on a [...]
Transitioning from present tense to past tense: How we talk about our parents.
Back in December, I started talking about how my mom really loves Christmas. That it's her favorite holiday. And half-way through, as the words were coming out of my mouth, I realized that I felt really strange. 'Does she love Christmas' or 'did she love Christmas'? 'Is it her favorite holiday' or 'was it her favorite holiday'? She's been gone for 2 1/2 years... So, does telling a story about our parents mean we have to feel uncomfortable every time?
Jet Life – A Film About Letting Go
Evan Walker lost his step-father to a drug overdose in December of '09 at age 15. This summer, Evan and his best friend, Jason, plan to document a cross country journey to help move through their own grief and share their personal stories with the world.
How do you make people feel?
Posted today by a facebook friend, DY Greiner. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Dr. Maya Angelou
Happy 2012! Plus – I entered The Sketchbook Project by Art House Coop at The Brooklyn Art Library
First of all, happy 2012! Second of all, I'm SUPER excited! 2 min ago, I was entry # 3,013 of 5,000 to participate in a world wide collaborative art project! My book, once I send it in, will be on display at the Brooklyn Art Library Summer of 2012. Want to join in before they run out of room? I've got a coupon code on this blog post!
Hoarders & The Rat Man. This guy has 2500 Rats! What happens when you don’t process your grief?
What happens when we deny our own grief? I watched a Hoarders episode the other night. After his wife dies, he collected over 2500 free-roaming rats that hoarded Glen out of his home and into a shed on his property.
More Tips on how to deal with Christmas, the holidays, missing your parents, and new traditions
Here are some more tips on this popular topic: How to enjoy the holidays when your family and traditions shift. There's a lot of pressure around the holidays. It can bring up old memories, conjure up wounds with family that are not yet resolved, and has the potential to make you feel, well, not so jolly.