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Thoughts from Daughter #3 for Father’s Day
Another Father’s Day is fast approaching, and all those ads and displays about what to get dad are hard to miss. I wish I could tune them all out, but that’s pretty much impossible. This is Father’s...
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The One Thing You Should Never Say to Someone Who’s Experienced Loss (or a...
It’s been three years since my dad died and no, I’m not over it. Oh sure, I’ve adjusted. I’ve adapted. I’ve moved forward. (Not on.) But over it? No, I am not. No one has ever directly said, you...
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I’m Still Standing by Lisa Valentine – A #MetsMonday Featured Post
I’m so pleased to share a new #MetsMonday featured post. This one comes from one of my favorite fellow bloggers, Lisa Valentine. Lisa shares about her sister’s recent death from metastatic breast...
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A Dozen Years – Marking Time Again
Every year when March rolls around, actually, way before March rolls around, I start to wonder how to mark time. What should I do with the anniversary of my mother’s death? Should I do anything? How...
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The Striking Parallels Between the Cancer & COVID-19 Experiences & Why...
The parallels between experiencing cancer and experiencing the global pandemic are truly striking. Many in Cancer Land have been observing, discussing and writing about them since this coronavirus...
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I understand now: A note to my mother for Mother’s Day
Another Mother’s Day has rolled around. This is #13 for me without my mother, a living one anyway. I’ve been sitting on this note to my mother for a long time. I’m sharing some of the cancer part of...
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10 things about my dad I miss on Father’s Day & every day
Father’s Day is next up on the Hallmark holiday calendar. Like it or not, these Hallmark holidays are here to stay. Today, I’m sharing ten random things I miss about my dad, not just on Father’s Day,...
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“Death Wishes” by Linda Catanzaro Boberg – A #MetsMonday Featured Post
I’m so pleased to share the newest #MetsMonday featured post. I know, I know. It’s been a while. Too long. This is Linda’s second #MetsMonday contribution. If you missed her first piece, The Daily...
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Coping with loss, grief & the holidays amidst a pandemic – six strategies to...
Of course, there is never a time when there is no grief. There is always sadness. There is always grief because there is always loss. But these days, in large part due to the pandemic, it can seem...
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Saying goodbye to a dear old dog. Again.
Just when I thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse, it did. On top of the other crappy things that have happened this year, 2020 is now also the year we said goodbye to another dear old dog. We had hoped...
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If you had a crystal ball for 2021, would you take a peek?
Whew, 2020 is over! Goodbye. So long. Good riddance. It’s safe to say we’re all relieved to have closed the books on 2020. It was rugged, that’s for sure. Like everyone else, I’m pretty ecstatic to...
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7 Observations one year into the pandemic
Note: An audio of 7 Observations one year into the pandemic is available via my library. Well, here we are. One year into this pandemic. You’re sick of it. I’m sick of it. The entire world is sick of...
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What do you do with grief at five (or more) years out?
Download/listen to an audio of this post read by Nancy: (More audios are available for listening/downloading via the Library.) What do you do with grief at five, ten, twenty (or more) years out? Short...
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Pet grief is real grief too – 8 tips to help deal with it
Listen now or download for later. A limited number of other posts are available as audios in my free resource library. When a beloved pet (any kind) dies, it’s a big deal. Therefore, it goes without...
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Navigating Preparatory & Anticipatory Grief
I’m pleased to share this special #MetsMonday featured post by Linda Catanzaro Boberg and her daughter Meg Boberg. They share how their lives have been impacted by preparatory and anticipatory grief...
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An unexpected grief trigger
Just celebrated another birthday, but this post isn’t about that. Then again, it is. You see, today, I’m sharing a little story about an unexpected, birthday-related grief trigger. I would love it if...
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Keeping kids safe in schools – 8 things we can all do
Keeping kids safe in schools is up to all of us. Right now, too many adults are failing children. Too many leaders are failing children. We have to turn this around, and we need to do it now. No more...
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What should you write in a sympathy card?
When someone important to you experiences the death of a loved one, it’s hard to know what to say and do that will offer comfort. Death and grief are awkward and messy. Almost everything about death...
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Emerging: Stories from the Other Side of a Cancer Diagnosis, Loss, and a...
Well, it’s happening! Finally. My new book, Emerging: Stories from the Other Side of a Cancer Diagnosis, Loss, and a Pandemic, is coming soon! Update: It’s here! It’s only taken me three+ years to...
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15 years — remembering, rambling, & asking: Does ageism exist in Cancer Land...
I’m marking time again. 2023 marks 15 years since my mother died from metastatic breast cancer. She died on March 6, 2008. This 15-year milestone got me thinking about a lot of things. So, yes, this...
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