September 1, 2023 “In your darkest moments of despair, a friend’s hand on yours will get you through the worst.” – Taya Kyle Janet was inconsolable after her father died. Nothing could help her. No assurance that things would get better, that her father was in a...
August 31, 2023 “Yo, Adrian. We did it … we did it.” — Rocky Balboa When Rocky Balboa’s wife, Adrian, died at 51 of ovarian cancer between the fifth and sixth films in the Rocky series, Sylvester Stallone had a granite gravestone placed in Laurel Hill Cemetery in...
August 30, 2023 In his book “Prayers of Desperation: A Questioner’s Prayer for Answers in our Darkest Moment,” Bishop Robert Baker says that a tragedy in our lives, such as the loss of someone we love, can create an avalanche of questions for God — many of them angry....
August 29, 2023 “If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.”—Emily Brontë, ‘Wuthering Heights’ Anne Bronte was...
August 28, 2023 “Grief is forever. It doesn’t go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath.” — Jandy Nelson The first anniversary of Darlene’s husband’s death was in a few weeks. It had been a long, hard year, but she was convinced that once she...
August 27, 2023 “If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age. I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.” — George Burns For more than 40 years, the comedy duo of George...
