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Consider today’s post a public service announcement: Say the name of the person who died—as often as you can and to the people who most care

In my last blog post, I featured an interview with pet mom, Jackie Burke, whose precious kitty Timmy died unexpectedly from lymphoma....

There’s no doubt that the death of a precious pet can lead to ongoing grief for many pet parents. People we call pet parents may be...

When we were little children, we learned about the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Depending on where we...

In everyone’s life, there are incidents that are completely unforgettable. They are so stunning that they mark a before and an after that...

Labor Day originated as a federal holiday in 1882 to honor working people. Its inception was part of a movement to give people an...

There are times in our lives when we strongly feel the deaths of others around us, the deaths of people we never knew but of whom we...

I like to share with other bereaved people different ways to think about their grief. One way to look at grief is to compare it with a...

Two men. Two fathers. Each had a precious son in his early twenties. Had. Each son is now dead. Each man has more sorrow than he ever...

Plenty of people are grumping loudly and even protesting violently about the problems we face in the United States. There certainly are...

Mother's Day is a wonderful time to honor our mothers, those women who brought us into this world or who raised us. It’s a day that can...

Grief isn’t something to be gotten over. Even though our culture asks us to “get over it,” “move on,” and “find someone (or something)...