A Father’s Day Reflection On Travel, Heritage & Grief

A Father's Day Reflection on Travel and Heritage

How are your summer (or fall, depending on where you are in the world right now!) activities going for you? If you’ve been finding it hard to come up with ideas or find resources to help you, perhaps the items I share below will be of use! As always, feel free to use and share…

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How to Start Celebrating Life in the Midst of Grief

Planting the Seeds of Healing: Sharing Memories

In today’s world, we are all looking for ways to connect with one another. Celebrating life and loss memories is a one way of doing this. In the following article, you will learn how to tell stories using the legacy storytelling method that will help you honor those who have passed on before us. Celebrating…

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How to honor death & grief

honor death - candles in the dark representing death

This weekend is one of the hardest ones out of the year for me. Mostly because Saturday is the date of my Dad’s death. He actually died on Tuesday. Dates and days are funny things when they come up so many years later. Our bodies remember the days rather than the dates, at least that…

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How to Handle Grief & Kids… When You Have to Put Down Their Dog

kids and grief

Grief is a universal experience, and when it intersects with childhood, it can lead to profound questions and emotions. For families, the loss of a beloved pet often serves as a poignant introduction to the concept of death, hence this article on grief & kids. In May 2019, our family faced the heart-wrenching decision to…

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Best Way to Get National Grief Awareness Day on the Map

National Grief Awareness Day

Check out the video below to get started. It covers the background of National Grief Awareness Day and how you can help make it official. Below the video you will find a frank discussion of death, grief, and dying. This is your trigger warning. If you aren’t ready to dig into this topic (I totally…

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