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The Year of Magical Thinking
By Joan Didion 1. Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends. The question of self-pity. Those were the first words I wrote after it hap... Read More »
Tagged: losing a partner, losing a spouse, memoirs, Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
The Little Things We Do Make Us Stronger
By Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D. I surprised myself…A young man servicing my car told me I needed some air in my tires and asked how many pounds the tires were supposed to carry. My first thought... Read More »
Tagged: living with loss, grief recovery, elizabeth harper neeld, losing a spouse, seven choices
Angie Epting Morris
Angie Epting Morris is the author of THE SETTLEMENT GAME: How to Settle an Estate Peacefully and Fairly, a step-by-step guide addressing the age-old problem of how to divide personal property witho... Read More »
Tagged: the settlement game, experts, advice, angie morris, wills
Emotional Nooks and Crannies
By Russell Friedman Q: At a recent memorial for a friend who died, I was surprised to discover that I had many memories and emotions about other people and events from my past. Is this normal? A... Read More »
Tagged: living with loss, The Grief Recovery Handbook, grief recovery, John James, Russell Friedman
The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks
By Robin Romm What I really want is to be able to travel through time. I would be younger; my mom would be healthy. We would be in her car, folk music playing. She would be annoying me by holding ... Read More »
Tagged: losing a parent, cancer, The Mercy Papers, Robin Romm
I’m Trying to Move Forward, But…
By Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D. [T]he euphoria didn’t last. When I got back home I discovered that it is no small task to turn goals set on a beach in North Carolina into reality back in Texas. ... Read More »
Tagged: understanding grief, living with loss, stages of grief, grief recovery, tough transitions
Creating a Caring Space through Prayer
By Sarah York One summer I was visiting in North Carolina from California, and my granddaughter Jennafer was attending day care at the Baptist Church. I would frequently pick her up there in the a... Read More »
Tagged: sarah york, living with loss, what to do, remembering well, spirituality
Breaking the Silence: Death through the Lens of Legacy
By Rachael Freed, LICSW, LMFT As we accept the blessings and the sacredness of our lives, then surely death, an integral part of life, must be sacred too. Women’s spirituality is interwoven with t... Read More »
Tagged: legacy writing, talking about death, wills, ethical will, Women's Lives, Women's Lega...
Giving a Eulogy
By Florence Isaacs Q. An old friend of mine has died, and I’ve been asked to give a eulogy at the funeral service. I’m very nervous about it because I’ve never done this before. I’m afraid I’ll so... Read More »
Tagged: funerals, memorial services, eulogies, my deepest sympathies, florence isaacs
Rev. Sarah York
Sarah York is an author and Unitarian Universalist minister. Her book Remembering Well: Rituals for Celebrating Life and Mourning Death speaks to people who do not want a religious or spiritual c... Read More »
Tagged: sarah york, memorials, living with loss, experts, advice
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