August 26, 2023 “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” — William James The great American philosopher William James who is considered the “Father of American psychology,” was one of the most influential...
August 25, 2023 “When you visit a loved one’s grave, you’ll feel like they’re right beside you.” — Anonymous It had been a long time since Kathy visited her parents’ grave, which rested on a hill overlooking the Housatonic River, flowing gently to Long Island Sound....
August 24, 2023 “What now, my love, now that you left me? How can I live through another day?Watching my dreams turn into ashes, and all my hopes into bits of clay?”— Carl Sigman The song “What Now, My Love?” written by Carl Sigman, was covered by different artists...
August 23, 2023 “You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep.”—Neil Gaiman During the first week of the semester, the...
August 22, 2023 Death Is Nothing At All I have only slipped away into the next room.I am I and you are you,Whatever we were to each otherThat we are still.Call me by my old familiar name,Speak to me in the easy way you always used,Put no difference into your tone,Wear...
August 21, 2023 “Mourning is a bitter road, but it can be useful to open our eyes to the life and sacred and irreplaceable value of each person, and at that moment one realizes how short the time is.”— Pope Francis The older you get, the more friends you will see die....
