Two weeks ago, my partner and I decorated our house for the holidays. We put up a tree and the lights, hung the ornaments. Like many people, a lot of our decorations have sentimental meaning. …
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Three Candles for Remembering
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Holiday Expectations and Realities
How are you feeling about the holidays this year? Excited? Apprehensive? Sad? Disappointed? A bit of each? Back in March, when the world first entered Covid lock-down, most of us couldn’t imagine it continuing this …
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Thanksgiving During Covid
“Happy Thanksgiving!” Those words land differently this year. Our gatherings this week probably won’t look much like gatherings of previous years. A few days ago, my Facebook feed shared a memory from two years ago …
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Forever Changed
During the month of June, I had the privilege of leading four Grief Gatherings as part of the Reimagine: Life, Loss, and Love worldwide festival. These gatherings were an opportunity for people who suffered loss …
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Making Sense of It
Over the past few weeks, our world has been turned upside down. Before, we were able to visit with friends, go out to eat, attend concerts, gather with coworkers, and see our kids off to …
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150 Decisions
Death, no matter how it comes, is unexpected. When my father died, after a year-long battle with ALS, his death surprised and overwhelmed us. Even though we knew it was coming, the reality of death …
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