The holiday season is in full swing! This time of year can bring so much cheer as we embrace loved ones and celebrate in our own unique ways. Whether it’s watching holiday movies, giving gifts, spending quality time with loved…
Another black man dies. Let’s pause to acknowledge his name, George Floyd. George mattered as a human being. So did Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and many others that have died before them. Grief is messy. What is different, or…
The last few months have easily been the most bizarre of my life. Nothing feels real and time doesn’t seem to move the way I expect it to. I’ve been silent in an effort to take care of my own…
Grief is painful, challenging, often unexpected, and inevitable. As humans, we understand that loss will happen, that people will die, and that circumstances will change – sometimes when we are not ready. This awareness does not make grief any less…
Perinatal loss (the loss of an infant or pregnancy), is a loss unlike any other and is likely one of the hardest losses one can endure. In addition to the overwhelming sense of loss, it is complicated by the fact…
She was on her way to relocate from Arizona to Michigan with her boyfriend. Everything they owned was in the back of their old beat up van. It was a junker that he had gotten cheap and fixed up for…