In the minutes, hours, days, and weeks following the loss of my oldest son to suicide, I wondered if my life would ever be the same....

Is there anything good about grief? You don’t have to look very far to find people who are gripped with grief, sidelined with sorrow, or...

When darkness invades my soul Pain permeates every fiber of my being Can I ever be made whole? It seems impossible to recover from this...

It is hard to believe that Friday, November 8th, 2019, would be Tommy’s twenty-ninth birthday. It is even harder to believe that this...

The last two weeks have been exhausting. I am always amazed at the power of our emotions. They can zap your energy like a bad alternator...

Friday, August 30th, would be Randy's 62nd birthday. As the day is drawing near, sadness is creeping into my heart with thoughts of all...

I am still trying to soak in the wealth of wisdom and the personal growth challenges I received at the Global Leadership Summit earlier...

Last week I began to have an overwhelmingly anxious feeling in the pit of my stomach, and I haven't been able to shake it. It feels sort...

One thing I have learned as I have walked through the loss of my son and my husband is that everyone grieves differently. I don’t believe...

June 11th, 2019. Today would be my 31st wedding anniversary. I never imagined I would be facing this day alone. I always thought Randy...

It is not possible to go through life without experiencing loss in some form. Every one of us will come face-to-face with grief at some...

A dear friend of mine gave me a beautiful pink hyacinth a few weeks ago. It has begun to bloom and fill the room with its highly fragrant...

Hi Friends, Yesterday marked nine months since losing Randy to cancer. I dread the 25th of each month, but yesterday was a particularly...

In case you were wondering, it is not a typo or a saying from the south, the title is Lessons from "a Fir", not "afar." For those of you...