Those who know me well understand that I am a principled person, a life-long conservative, who speaks my mind and often posts my thoughts on social media! Thus, this chapter excerpt shares some [...]

This week’s chapter excerpt from, Death Where is Thy Sting: Recovery from the Loss of Our Loved Ones and Preparation for Our Own Final Days. Reflective, transparent writing is emotionally [...]

Possibly the most difficult chapter in this book for me to consider, to write, and likely for you to read, concerns the tragic murder of my beloved teen daughter. It was the incident in my life [...]

This mid-chapter excerpt tells of the high point of memorializing one’s death — a grand celebration of a life well lived — even though difficult days immediately follow. +++ (Chapter begins in [...]

Hard as it was to have our baby die unexpectedly, the sudden death of my husband was significantly more grievous and life changing. I am thankful that the year, the month, the week before — even [...]

Those who know me and my family well, understand our crazy good life. Spectators wonder, and sometimes negatively judge who we are and what we do. In my recently published book addressing death, [...]

As written in my latest book, Death, Where is Thy Sting? Recovery from the Loss of Our Loved Ones and Preparation for Our Own Final Days, hard as it was to have our baby die unexpectedly, the [...]

Those who know me and my family well, understand our crazy good life. Spectators wonder, and sometimes negatively judge, who we are and what we do. In a book addressing death, there also is an [...]

Below, my late husband, Cary, and I in our camping clothes at a pristine lake in British Columbia, Canada on August 7, 1996. Every Friday afternoon I blog about my recently published “grief [...]

For many reasons, the divorce rate for a married couple who have had a child die is significantly higher than the norm (approximately 70% compared to 50% rate). Women and men grieve differently. [...]