Tag: loss
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When We Are Changed
I had a conversation with someone recently about how chronic health issues have affected their lives. Where we landed was in the fact that they are, and life is, completely altered from how it was before getting sick. The grief associated with this is real, powerful, and ongoing. And not unlike grief from loss of…
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New Article on Open to Hope
Hello to you. I hope you are taking good care. A week into the new year, it is snowy and cold here in Vermont. Candles and warm tea help to nudge the spirit to warmth. I wanted to share with you a new article of mine recently posted to Open to Hope, a wonderful resource…
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Perfect Words
We are entering the season parties, holidays, gatherings, and traditions. Whether we live with or socialize with many people, or live alone and have a smaller social circle, it’s tough not notice or absorb the energy that goes with it all. It can be so hard, even years after a loss, to do all the…
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What’s the Goal of Healing when Grieving?
Yesterday was my dad’s and grandmother’s birthdays. They both died this year so this was a big day of firsts. This is the meal I had “with” my dad yesterday in honor of him. What comes up a lot with folks when talking about grief is just how hard it all is, and how much…
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National Grief Awareness Day Book Talk With Pamela Blair, Bradie Hansen, and guest Ali Waltien
National Grief Awareness Day is on August 30th. To commemorate this day, we will be at Pierson Library on Thursday the 29th from 6-7pm in our town of Shelburne, VT talking about our experiences of grief, how we work to support grieving people in our community, and our book The Long Grief Journey. Joining us…
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Interview With McNair Ezzard About The Long Grief Journey
Pam and I had the good fortune of getting to talk with McNair Ezzard, who hosts the radio show A Better World on WPVM Radio. You can find the link here. It was a great conversation about grief and how it impacts a life. It’s always such an honor to talk with people about this…
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Unruly, Unplanned Growth
I’ve been MIA this summer, at least on the social media front. Grieving and putting myself out there don’t mix well, so I’ve taken some time to settle in and let myself feel so much of what grief brings. It’s been pretty challenging at times. As anyone who has grieved knows, the path is winding…
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Grief Ebbs and Flows
Father’s Day recently passed. It was my first Father’s Day without my dad, who died four months before. I have to say, I’ve been taken off guard by how hard that day was for me, and how tenderized I feel in the days since. I feel as though I am in a more intense part…
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Grieving While Knowing About Grief
This year is off to a very raucous and rather painful start. I know I am not alone in feeling this way, but I wanted to share with you what has been happening because it is so relevant to the topic of this site, which is in a word, grief. Just over three weeks ago,…
The Long Grief Journey 