Grief comes in waves – for children and adults. One moment we may feel normal, or even happy….and the next moment we are sobbing into our cereal. This is normal for both children and adults. These grief waves often come and go much quicker for children than they do adults because their brains, emotions and […]

When my dad died in 2011, I searched high and low for anything to make my grief better. That is when I stumbled upon Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ “5 stages of grief’. Awesome….or so I thought. I bought the book and eagerly sat down to read it as fast as I could – except none of it […]

The idea of a “deathiversary” has been anything but foreign to me throughout most of my life. My grandfather died on September 24th, 1993, and for years after (and even to this day), my mom writes “Dad” on that date on the calendar. It is like an extra little reminder of the date of his […]

In my work as a therapist, I often hear “I feel stuck”, “I don’t feel like I can move forward”, “I keep replaying their death in my head”. To a certain extent, these feelings are normal. However, when you find yourself still feeling these emotions even years after your loved one’s death, it may be […]

We had a family friend who owned a flower shop, and because the winter was typically a slower time of year for work for my dad, he would volunteer to deliver flowers for her shop. (Secretly, I think it was also because she gave him a flower arrangement as a thank you and he always […]

My dad died in July 2011, so when December 31st, 2011 rolled around, I was not overwhelmed with joy moving into 2012. On paper, I had so much to look forward to. I was expecting my first baby and my husband and I had quietly married in a courthouse ceremony with close friends present. But […]