“Rooted in Connection”

Over the 13 months and five days of our daughter’s beautiful yet brief life, we had the extraordinary fortune of meeting and working with some incredibly gracious people.  Living in the hospital for weeks and sometimes months at a stretch, we developed relationships...

In August of 2022 our family began arranging and attending a series of funerals.  Some of our losses were due to complications from Covid, while others were the result of unknown causes.  During the first week of August, we attended two services.  The first was in...

A few months back I shared a blogpost post entitled “It happens to us every day.”  Throughout the post the intended message was that grief is not a singular event.  It doesn’t stop and start.  When we are forced to live without someone so dear to us, grief happens to...

Holiday Season is here!  Just a few weeks ago we were buying turkeys and making green bean casserole.  And now we are in the full swing of December holidays.  Whether we are traveling or staying home, this time of year is exceedingly energized. There are decorations...

The recent Thanksgiving holiday week was especially busy in our household.  The hectic pace wasn’t necessarily connected with the holiday itself.  It was more likely born of the several moving pieces that comprise our lives and sometimes clash together to make a...

Today’s post is simply this week’s newsletter! Cheers!   Bring on the Healing! ? For as long as I can remember I have been writing my upcoming book:  The Healing Path. It started as an ongoing conversation I was having with myself about the shock and pain of...