Tag: loss
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Holiday Grief
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With marshmallows roasting and…” Except when it isn’t. Grief at the holidays is 1) normal, 2) inevitable the older you get and 3) more intense than any other time of the year. It is an unexpected, yet regular, extra guest at every dinner table. From the time […]
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Grief
If there is something I feel overly qualified to speak on it is grief. I have had more than my fair share of loss due to death, both traumatic and natural. I lost my father suddenly of a brain aneurysm, my sister committed suicide, my mother died of chemotherapy poisoning and I had to turn […]