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. [...]

Below, our family in 1993 before baby Abby’s birth and death in 1995. How could I help them understand and cope with our overwhelming loss of her? I am just a common person, sometimes [...]

My two oldest daughters, now both grown with lives of their own, were just 2- and 4-years-old when their baby sister Abby died so unexpectedly. Our neighborhood friends’ children helped [...]

I hate Christmas! Truthfully, I love it, but my silent reflections each year on the pain of Christmas 1995 seem to engulf everything good. With heart-aching sadness I gaze at the sparkling tree, [...]

In order to get through writing (and reading) a book on death, personal stories interspersed with upbeat moments evoking hope and peace can help overcome our struggles with grief. I am pleased to [...]

This photo below was taken at my Mom’s 80th birthday party eight years ago. My two oldest daughters, Hayley and Megan, were both away at the time, so are not pictured. I’ll share [...]

To commemorate National Grief Awareness Day, this Sunday, August 30, 2020, book sales in softcover and Kindle have launched for my fourth book, Death, Where is Thy Sting? Recovery from the Loss [...]