Words for the Journey

A Tree Full of Memories Christmas was my absolute favorite time of the entire year. Every nook and cranny was filled with yule adornment. Not a corner of the house was safe from this self-proclaimed Christmas Freak! One year we even hung assorted ornaments on a fake palm tree, lovingly dubbing it the “Bahama-Mama” tree, because in our family one Christmas

My daughter wrote this for her daddy/my husbandHe was retired Air Force, an Air Traffic Controller for 13 years and a private pilot.  How beautiful is this???Life Is A PlaneToday I need you to think of me

Daddy I miss you I’ll always be your baby,That I know is trueI want you to always knowThat I’ll forever love you The most important man in my lifeHas had to go awayAnd though it’s so very painfulIn my heart you’ll always stay A piece of me broke off that dayAnd now I don’t feel whole

Psychologist, writer and innovator, Geoff Warburton has spent the last 25 years studying love and loss. Geoff challenges conventional apathy about grief and loss by offering an approach that evokes curiosity, openness and compassion. His approach synthesises Eastern wisdom traditions, in-depth psychology and common sense.

Deep breaths. Count your tears. Here comes the due date. The day my world was supposed to change. The day my husband and I transitioned from partners to parents, welcoming a healthy, pink, squirming bundle of hopes and dreams.

 Since writing my angel books, I have received so many emails from people who have gone through losses of family members.  Almost all of the letters are about how they hope to get through the holidays.  It is as if Christmas in light of a loss has become an occasion to merely tolerate--or sleep through--in hopes that it will magically disappear.

I wish I could travel back in time just to have you hold me once again.I wish I could travel back in time just to hear your voice againI wish I could travel back in time just to say I love youWhat I wish for and what I have is the difference between a dream and reality

Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guests will present Grief Relief with Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley-Handling Death and the Holidays. This show is dedicated to giving a voice to grief and recovery, and empowering the bereaved.

            There is some truth to the expression “No Pain, No Gain”, and it can apply to many aspects of a life. It has been a little over four years since the death of my wife. My now 16 year old daughter was 12 at the time. The loss of a mother for a girl just entering her teen years can be catastrophic. A child can start acting out in many ways.

The holidays seem to magnify emotions of grief as music, events, even aromas can remind us of the person we are missing. Our family lost two close family members within weeks of the holidays, one right before Thanksgiving and the other two years later on December ninth. I remember thinking it would be nice to just pull the covers over my head and wake up in January.