Good Morning, God Well, this becoming SOLO after 65 years together — is filled with Surprises! At first I thought I was doing just fine. Actually, after the “waiting”. After the intensity of having to admit / face Kit is…
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On Discovering — I am Bereaved!
Tagged with: Being BEREAVED, loss of a beloved partner, Naming what I am feeling, Solo, UNSTABLIZED
Posted in Bereaved, connecting, disruption, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
Posted in Bereaved, connecting, disruption, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
A Slowly Unfolding Series of Surprises
Good Morning, God It is just shy of one year since we moved to Tucson. And just a day or two over six months since I became a surviving spouse. Unless you have become one — there is no way…
Adjusting …and readjusting
Good Morning, God This is a photo of me . . . sitting on our front patio . . . enjoying the reflections of both our back patio and the Santa Catalina mountains. It comes close to capturing the multiple…
Happy 59th Birthday Beloved Patty
Hello, God As hard as it was — If You hadn’t assured me that Patty was “Vibrant, Radiant, Alive and with YOU” — how much harder it would have been. Or, actually, would be. Being a Believer, it was all…
A Gift of Love
Today — June 20, 2021 — is the fortieth anniversary of when our daughter Patty died. That was June 20, 1981. Forty years? Really? How is that possible? The gifts of love in all of this are countless. First, and I do…
Tagged with: The 40th anniversary of the death of our daughter Patty
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Grief, Life vs Death, loss, LOVE, Mothers, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Grief, Life vs Death, loss, LOVE, Mothers, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
Give Sorrow Words . . .
Good Evening, God Grief, no matter how long unspoken, still longs to be shared. I am experiencing this first hand. Several months ago a dear friend, who had lost her beloved son, asked me to join a Monday’s Mommy’s Mourning…
Tagged with: Give sorrow words . . .
Posted in being together in a compassionate presence, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, Regret -- acknowledging and releasing it, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, Sorrows of the Deep
Posted in being together in a compassionate presence, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, Regret -- acknowledging and releasing it, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, Sorrows of the Deep
The Candle of Hope
Good Evening, God! Sigh . . . we Enneagram Sevens resist pain and sorrow so automatically that it took me the entire day to realize that I was sad and a little depressed. Fortunately, I have two amazing daughters —…
A Change of Perspective
Good Evening, God Today my wonderful husband Kit and I walked up our valley and on the way down paused at the park. I love turning the corner and looking down the valley — because THERE is the ocean! I…
Give sorrow words
Good Morning, God! In You we live and move and have our being . . . I try to BE in that place when Death comes for those I love. I’m beginning to understand the Irish tradition of a wake. Actually, I’m…
Tagged with: Find someone to hear!, It is not too late to speak
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
Releasing Constrictions
Good Evening, God Is there anything more constricted than a grieving heart before it breaks open? I have been focused on the term “Constricted” for the last few weeks. It started with an awareness that I didn’t want anything “tight”…
Tagged with: Borobudur temple, fear of failing, fear of not doing stuff well enough
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, confession, connecting, Constrictions, courage to see myself, Energy, fears, Grief, inner paths of the heart, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, confession, connecting, Constrictions, courage to see myself, Energy, fears, Grief, inner paths of the heart, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small
A Moment with God 