Heavenly Butterflies
Heavenly Butterflies Gorgeous lives go flying byInto deep blue azure skies Exquisite wings, so decorated
Spirituality
A Love Letter to my Father Regarding our Never-to-be-Broken Bond
After my father took his life five years ago, I was completely devastated and broken. I cried rivers of tears until my eyes were so swollen that I could barely open them. For a few days following his death I hallucinated that birds were flying around in my house---and I was not on drugs.
After the initial shock wore off a bit, I went through all the stages of grief again and again. I think I will always be going through grief in smaller ways throughout my life.
Questions Bereaved Parents Ask: Helpful or Hindrance?
Heart: the organ that sees better than the eye. Yiddish ProverbWe all have questions after a loved one dies.
Carlos Santana and the Shape-Shifting Wolf
After my daughter Jeannine died at the age of 18 in March of 2003,there were signs of her everlasting presence in my life. In the beginning of my journey, though I acknowledged these signs, I didn't develop a greater appreciation for what they communicated to me about the sacredness of the relationship that I developed with Jeannine until much later in my journey.
