The Legacies Our Loved Ones Leave Behind Over the past two months, I attended the funerals and shivas for the mothers of two friends. I did not know either mother very well other than having met them through my friends’ weddings or having heard about them through...
Grief Stole My Love of Reading. Here’s How I Got It Back. I want to tell a story about a love lost and found again. In 2017, I moved across the country, lost my father to heart disease, had a miscarriage and then a complicated pregnancy that ended in another...
My Daughter Robin My beautiful daughter and best friend left us January 11 four years ago! I miss her very much, especially on special occasions. So March 15 is her birthday! On that day in 1968 I was blessed to become her Mom! (Mommy) We...
My precious Eddie. 8/19/78 – 12/11/18 Eddie was an angel, never being angry at anyone for anything. Hit by a car, at 12 years old, labeled special education in New York City. I became his strongest advocate, always pushing assertively...
Grief and Valentine’s Day I read somewhere recently that in French “I miss you” is “Tu me manques,” which literally translates to “You are missing from me.” Assuming this translation is correct (and I have not let down my six years worth of French teachers), I think...
The iconic and often-quoted honey-loving Disney bear Winnie the Pooh has been credited as saying “How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” Since my daughter Samantha Rose passed away on June 12, 2009 at the age of 3, this thought has always...
Check out this podcast on PsychCentral titled “Grieving the Loss of a Child (First Hand Experience)” Episode Description Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died over two years ago, but his parents are very much keeping his memory – and his legacy – alive....
Check out this piece titled “The Loss of a Child Takes a Physical Toll on the Heart” Grieving parents were at high risk of a heart attack in the days following the death of a child, and an increased risk may persist for years. Link to article:...
The new year comes with the dreaded month of Michelle’s passing. It’s now 30 years since her fatal car accident. Years ago I started a group on FB “Remembering Michelle.” It started as a way of reaching out to family and friends for their memories and pictures of...
My Daughter Robin My daughter Robin passed away January 11, 2018. She is missed so much by everyone who knew her and whose life she touched, She would be so proud of her two children who are both graduating this year. Olivia from...
