Saying goodbye to someone you love is a pure blessing because you get the chance to say the three most important things at the end of someone’s life: I’m sorry/I forgive you, Thank you, and I love you. It acknowledges that your loved one is dying and that their earthly time is ending soon.

Collective Grief is something that I’m thinking about. Charlie Kirk The topic has come up in light of the Charlie Kirk murder. Today, October 10, 2025, marks one month since Charlie was murdered in a tragic, senseless murder. I’ve shed many tears since that day, despite never having met the man. I enjoyed watching his […]

It’s much harder for a motherless young girl to tackle large monsters and challenges without the protection and help of her mother.

Spending time remembering someone we love in nature is good for our soul.

Grief is universal. We will all grieve at some point in our lives. But, we all grieve in different styles and in different timeframes. What comforts one person in grief may not comfort another person in grief. This is what makes comforting a grieving loved one tricky. One size does not fit all. There are […]

“Kaze no denwa – the idea of keeping up a relationship with the dead is not such a strange thing in Japan.” –Krissy Howard 2017

After I accepted the shock of my mother’s unexpected death, I had to learn how to grieve, but I didn’t know how. And everywhere I turned, I saw messages saying, “Don’t dwell on the past”, which kept me from grieving my mom and instead, suppressing it, the best I could. These were all unhelpful messages […]