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 pull it into your mail or rss feed program sharing photos of things that inspire me via flickr on my [...]
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 Cranberries song, Time is Ticking Out. The PC computer keyboard caps lock and num lock was not on, it was [...]
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?
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
What do you get when you mix a pinch of memory, a dash of grief, a dollop of deliciousness and a heaping spoonful of love? A Blending of Bittersweet Memories, a cookbook dedicated to those who have lost a loved one. A compilation of story/recipes collected from food-lovers across the world, A Blending of Bittersweet [...]
Christmas time and the holidays can feel pretty lonely when you don't have parents. Here's some ideas on what you can do to feel less lonely and fill in the gaps.