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Fall is such a busy time in our house. With school starting and just getting back in the swing of things it takes me a while to adjust. Plus I started back with my spiritual direction classes and this year is a heavy schedule. We’re doing a 34 week study of the Spiritual Exercises of [...]
Someone recently asked me what I would say to a newly grieved person and here is my short answer: Don’t expect any standards. Your grief will come when and where it wants even after you think you’re through with it. The only thing you can do is face it head on and allow yourself to [...]
Received this quote today and thought it was worth sharing. It’s a very powerful truth about grief. “Do not expect that your grief will finally be ‘done’. Grief is more like a chronic illness, one in which healing and flare ups will continue through time. Your task is to learn to live with your loss. [...]
I found this poem recently from an unknown author in a book from a Retreat House that some friends form church frequent. When I first read it it brought tears to my eyes because it’s perspective on death is amazing. Sometimes, a different perspective is all we need when we’re struggling. Please share this with [...]
I’ve been getting these great daily emails that a friend turned me on to. They’re from a group called http://www.griefshare.org/. I wanted to repost one of the emails here and if you like it go to the site and sign up for it! Men in Grief As you go through life, you fight stereotypes and [...]
This week would have been mine and Joanne’s 21st wedding anniversary. Its one of those times that could be good or bad depending on how it goes. Thankfully we are also celebrating my son Matthew’s 17th birthday so there’s some happiness mixed in as well. It should be a good week but we’ll have to [...]
This most holy week in our faith always has emotional consequences for me. Meditating on the Passion and Death of our Lord is such a beautiful experience, rich in it’s insights and surprises. Recently while driving to work my eyes began to fill up with tears. It was a part of my drive where I [...]
Sometimes when tragedies like the earthquakes in Haiti happens and it doesn’t affect us directly or because it happens so far away we tend not to think about it so much. But we need to do all we can do to help and as we know one of the best things we can do is offer our prayers for them. I [...]
Ave Maria: The Medjugorje Song I’ve been on an intense spiritual journey for almost 6 months now. I’ve been praying for guidance and direction. I’ve been saying prayers in the morning, mid day and at evening. It has been a beautiful time in my life. It seems that in hard times I feel the presence [...]
Did you set some goals for the new year? How many of your goals from previous years have been accomplished? I’d like to introduce you to a new session I’m doing in my Life Coach practice that is designed to help you focus and achieve your goals for 2010. It’s called Design Your 2010! Here’s [...]