As human beings, we are keenly and perhaps (although who can say for sure), uniquely aware that some day we will die. And when we lose a...

I wrote this blog post in 2021 but for some reason didn't post it. So, I'm posting it now because it's important and I am also adding a...

It's time I write something about art again. I've been deep into spiritual teachings and experiences that have been mind-blowing and...

I've been in and out of this project from inception. I believe it's because I'm struggling with the idea of attachment -- attachment to...

I just changed the components of the acronym myG.L.A.S.S. because I have evolved. In a very positive way thank God. When I began this...

When Tom passed, I believed and had always believed that when a person dies, that's it. There's nothing beyond life here on Earth. We...

So I just (and finally) published the post that I wrote last March 25, 2022 which was the day after Tom's birthday. I didn't publish it...

Yesterday was our son's 34th birthday...March 24, 1988. We had a simple family dinner at home. We grilled some large steaks and had...

I began this website/blog site with a flash of inspiration last August -- almost a year ago now and I haven't gone near it since November...

Reading great writing is a joy. In 2017, the Oregon based writer Brian James Patrick Doyle died at the age of 60 of a brain tumor. He was...

Wake up to the reality that I cannot keep my children safe no matter how good a mother I am or try to be. I have been living under a...

Today, I came across something I'd written a few years ago on a notecard: "writing poetry is a word puzzle with an infinite number of...

How many children do you have? "What was once an everyday friendly question is now a loaded gun." from Healing A Parent's Grieving Heart...

I have an art practice that has helped me beyond measure. I have always played with drawing and painting. I have always made stuff. But...

I made this recipe last night and my family loved it. It was easy to make and delicious. You do need to have a few things on hand that...

Okay, I am not necessarily motivated by the idea of living to 100, (although I suppose I'm not against it either!) but I am interested in...

This recipe is from Mark Bittman's book Kitchen Express which my friend Julie told me about -- she's a great cook. I am a good cook who...

Yesterday I woke up feeling blue. I felt unsure about almost everything that I'm doing with my time...whether or not I'm fulfilling my...

Wherever you are in your grief journey, but especially in the beginning, some days (probably even most days) your glass is going to feel...

First, on January 13, 2019 we lost our son, Tom. Second, our daughter got married that same year on June 28 to her fiancé who had been...