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Funeral Food and Not Grieving Alone !

March 27, 2008

To my delight I got to experience a for real “Southern” memorial. We celebrated the life of a magnificient man who lived a full, challenging, and memorable life. Indeed we were celebrating a life well lived. Certainly not an “easy” life, but a life that was constructed by a dynamic man who turned strife into [...]

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Women 45-55 increase in suicide: Lack of Community?

February 29, 2008

I have failed to accept the fact that I have a virus. Yup, a simple virus, I am sleeping more, a little more cranky, and well, just “not up to par.” So, this a.m. when I got up (late) I turned on The View. The “ladies” were talking about the increase in suicide rates in [...]

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In Your Face, death, brings you up short !

February 29, 2008

I have spent the last couple of weeks dealing with the impending death of a wonderful 89 year old man. I had the pleasure of spending time with him a week ago and even then the inevitable was close. I remember just a year ago hearing his tales of WWII as a prisoner of war, and then, [...]

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Baby Steps Toward Change…

February 22, 2008

Why is it when we are going through grief and loss, mourning we either want to change everything, or keep everything “as it was.” One of the major challenges of grief is knowing, what are the rules? Much like parenting, no one gave us the book ! Drat. I know for me I wanted to take possession [...]

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Grief/Transition: Not something you “fake”

February 20, 2008

Realizing over the past couple of weeks how challenging transitions are. I remember one of you questioning the “new normal”, ah, what a comforting term, but so challenging to meet. I remember the challenge of going through the transition from being a couple, to being a Mom and Dad. I remember the transition of being [...]

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Traveling…

February 18, 2008

Whew, I have MISSED this process…can’t wait to fill you all in on the last two weeks. Had a wonderful time at the Winter Wellness/Positive Psychology Forum in Sedona, and then accompanied a friend to visit a dying parent… Through all of these adventures I learned the power in patience, the willingness to go with [...]

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Grievers/Transitioners: How Trusting is the World ?

February 4, 2008

Today is a discouraging day…some days are like that. I have gotten feedback that my blog is too personal, not professional/distant enough. Well, I can hear my deceased Mom, “tell them to go sit on a tack”….My deceased father would say something far more colorful…. When we lose something in our life and transition to [...]

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Maggie and Gabe are Getting Married

February 3, 2008

YIPPPPEEEE, my sweet, talented, brilliant stepdaughter (soul daughter) and her sweet, talented brilliant man friend are getting married next spring. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey, it didn’t “kill” us…Posttraumatic Growth

January 31, 2008

My oldest daughter loved to paraphrase Nietzche when “bad things” happened” …”well, what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger.” I HATED that quote (still do, sorta). In The How of Happiness, Lyubomirsky introduces the notion of Post Traumatic Growth. Neat concept. We are all familiar with Post Traumatic Stress, but think about the “hope” the notion [...]

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Happiness: If you’re over 44 clap your hands !

January 30, 2008

Today ABC news reported that the “happiness curve” is like a smile, with age 44 being ” the old age of youth and 50 the youth of old age” (Victor Hugo.) and that happiness increases after 44. According to the reseach conducted by Andrew Oswald at the University of Warwick in England along with a [...]

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