Congrats to Dog the Bounty Hunter- Breaking the widow and widower rules isn’t easy. My news alerts just went off- with wedding bells. Dog is getting remarried. He and Francie Frane, herself a widow, have found love in each other’s arms. I am happy for them- and anyone...
It has been a long seven days, hasn’t it? As a grief therapist and self-confessed news junkie, it has been non-stop for me. More Covid deaths. The first anniversary of the lockdowns. News of more people getting sick or being diagnosed as long haulers. Vaccines, all...
It’s only a few days to the fourth Thursday in November, and here in the States that usually means the rush into Thanksgiving and then tumbling into Christmas or Hanukkah. That’s enough as it is, but when your family includes dementia it means really looking at what...
The night before I had major surgery I will admit I was nervous. Sleep was not going to happen. “Relax” was not in my vocabulary. And mindfulness and meditation took a walk together. I knew what was going to happen. I had all the information. I’d researched. I...
While we are experiencing the current pandemic in a variety of places and situation, some of the impact it’s having on many of us is almost a sense of not being able to be in touch with emotions about loss after so many deaths and so much news, and feeling almost...
