September 12, 2023 “Life begins on the other side of despair.”— John-Paul Sartre We live in a world where someone always has to take the blame. At least that’s what we think. It’s painfully apparent when someone we love dies. There are doctors to blame, there are...
September 11, 2023 “Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.” – Elaine Davis Sandy’s mother-in-law Josephine suffered from an unusual inhibition. She could never bring herself to say three dreaded words, “I love you” — not to her children or...
September 10, 2023 “There in the ground, His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain, Then bursting forth in glorious day, up from the grave He rose again…”— “In Christ Alone” In our grief, we need hope. In our grief, we need joy. And sometimes that hope...
September 9, 2023 “Smile, God loves you!” Dan’s father had a collection of inspirational sayings taped to his workbench, like “A job worth doing is worth doing right” and “Believe it can be done.” One that particularly annoyed him was a postcard with a yellow smiley...
September 8, 2023 “In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.” ― Dalai Lama Linda spends her mornings walking through the cemetery, looking at historic gravestones, visiting...
September 7, 2023 In a 2017 interview with Family Friend Poems, John P. Read said poetry helped him grieve the loss of his wife: “I found that writing down my thoughts and feelings and sharing with others helped me a great deal with my grieving….My message to others...
