The reality is that your loved one who has died is no longer here physically on this earth with us. Since we can’t change that fact, how can we try to overcome loss and grief? There are ways to work through the grief.

This book is such a heartwarming true story of a grandfather, as told by his young granddaughter Periwinkle. It’s about how he embarked on a mission to ensure that she will always remember him. It’s such a moving story that grandparents may shed a tear and children will learn a beautiful subtle life lesson about loss, memory, joy, and legacy.

I often have new clients coming in to see me a year or more after their loved one has died. Naturally, they thought that if they could make it through the first year, they'd be solid. But, no, grief changes in the second year, and for some, is harder to navigate alone.

You can find joy during times of grief. And you should. Staying in the “heaviness” of grief without shifting to some “lightness” is a profoundly uncomfortable way of being.

I want to emphasize the fact that when we are talking about grief, we never ever want to use the term MOVE ON. The accepted term to describe what happens when life resumes after the experience of a death of a loved one is MOVE FORWARD.

Let’s face it, the term “widowed parent” is a double whammy. To be widowed is one thing. To be sure, being widowed and a parent doubles the challenge.

It’s wintertime now. The days are getting darker earlier and those who are bereaved will likely feel “darker” earlier too. It’s tough to handle grief when it’s dark and dreary to begin with Add the coronavirus pandemic to the mix, and you have a very isolated grieving time, with less light and fewer people around to brighten your days.

Let’s face it: the pandemic is taking a toll on just about everyone.

People have gone through a range of scenarios…