Forcing Words

The awkwardness of silence often causes people to speak before thinking. Filing the air with empty words, we talk when we have absolutely nothing to say.   I’ve been on the receiving end of empty words many times in my grief. People want to make you feel better,...

When Children Speak

If there’s one thing I would do over as a mom (and there’s more like a hundred things), it would be writing down more of the cute things my kids said over the years.   From time to time, people share memories of things they did or said (some sweet –...

When Wounds Are Deep

Yesterday morning as I was opening a new bottle of coffee creamer, I decided it would be easier to push in the metal protective seal rather than peeling it off (this was not a great decision). As I pushed the metal to the edges, it became a weapon and my finger became...

Monday Morning Perspective

Yesterday as I was thinking about what I might write about this morning on my blog, I kept thinking about the fact that many of us would be going back to work after a holiday break with our family. I wondered if many of us would be struggling with the early-morning...

What Grief Can’t Do

Grief. We feel it when we lose someone we love, when we’re betrayed by someone we trust, or when life is turned upside down by circumstances out of our own control. Grief hurts. Grief changes us. There’s many other things grief can do.   Grief can...