Patience & Fortitude

Remembering Sacred

Nearly a week ago, on December 14th, 2012, a lone gunman broke into a primary school and went on a murderous rampage. He killed 20 children and six adults before committing suicide. The citizens of Newtown, Connecticut are still in shock. Many families lost loved ones...

It’s baaaack!

Finally, FINALLY! I have the second edition of Grieving Futures available for you! (link will open a PDF file!) This edition does not represent a marked changed from the first as far as content goes; I did not take much away or add anything new. However, I did have a...

Gratitude in the Void

Today in the United States of America, it is Thanksgiving, but in truth there are many things I’m not grateful for. Such as, the deaths of my parents. No, I will never be grateful for that. Thanksgiving is the holiday I remember most from my childhood.It was the...

The painful reminder of things

My friend and fellow author Dallas Taylor recently posted about how we relate to the objects in our lives, all the things we cart around and store and display and sometimes get rid of. It’s a touching essay because he is talking about an aspect of sentimentality...

The place of anger in grief

Author and blogger Victoria Noe, who runs the Friend Grief website (which you should definitely visit!) recently posted to her facebook wall about her upcoming book release. The book is titled “Friend Grief and Anger: When Your Friend Dies and No One Gives a...