Dragonfly Karma: Musings of a Bereaved Mom
by Lisa M. KurekJuly 14, 2019Five years ago (actually 1,862 days ago as I write this, but who’s counting, except me) my 23 year old daughter died from a freak accident. In my brief hours of clarity, before I descended into the black hole of grief, I realized that my...It’s All for Her
By Marty Barnes In 2006 my husband and I welcomed our first and only child into the world while living in Santa Monica, California. About one month before the due date we were rushed to the hospital where they performed an emergency cesarean. Due to a traumatic...Never Give Up!
By Carolyn Phillips Many of us have gone through trials in our life and all of us experience them similarly or in different ways. Each of us is uniquely individual with unique qualities. And yes, the wise saying of “time heals” really is true. Just be patient my...My Soulmate Noname
By Cynthia O’Brien In 2016, I lost my soul mate cat. It brought me to my knees with grief. I was surprised by the intensity of something I had never experienced and I was not well for over a year. My sweet feral cat, Noname, who I had spent years taming and getting to...“You’re not what you think you are, but what you think, you are”
by Cathy Knutsen “You’re not what you think you are, but what you think, you are!” This quote by the late American psychologist, William James, is one of my favorites for handling the aftermath of grief. The loss of a loved one can feel like you have fallen into an...Old Man Take a Look at My Life: I’m a Lot Like You Were
By Kimberly Spicer Standley This month marks ten years without my Dad. I think of him everyday. I hate that he is dead, and I hate how he died. I hate it that alcohol is so powerful that it can consume anyone. A person can be smart, kind, successful, and respectable;...A Veteran Traveler’s Roadmap to Resilience
By Caryn M. Sullivan I’d just made my First Communion when the woman who gave me life betrayed my trust and eroded the foundation that should be afforded to every child. Under the auspices of taking a vacation, my beautiful, brilliant, willful mother loaded our...Carried Away
By Kara Paige My father committed suicide. He took with him a healthy body but a diseased mind. A mind that was under the command of manic-depression. It was classic: Cycles of euphoria then depths of despair, often coupled with psychosis and suicidal ideation. While...