July 3, 2012
Why We Need Hospice Help with Bereavement and End of Life Issues
In late October 1959, the illness began as a simple cold and quickly moved to…
June 26, 2012
The Crone of Cayuga Lake: Continuing Bonds with a Wild Teacher
In September 1968, Vic and I rented a barely winterized cottage on Cayuga Lake. The…
June 19, 2012
The Dalai Lama’s Templeton Prize
In March 2012, a friend sent a link to a Huffington Post article: Dalai Lama…
June 12, 2012
Speeding to Strong Cancer Center
In 2007, a month after Vic’s stem cell transplant, he drives our Subaru west on…
June 5, 2012
Creating a Grief Ritual: Love, Loss, and Continuing Bonds
June 3, 2012 was the fourth anniversary of my husband’s death. I put aside time…
May 29, 2012
From Medicine to Mercy
In 1998, a staff member at the senile dementia home in Rochester found Mom passed…
May 22, 2012
Goodbye, My Miss Daisy
She looks up at me with sorrowful shame-filled eyes. I’m sorry, her eyes say. I’m…
May 14, 2012
Grief and Depression: Are they different?
It’s hard to distinguish between grief and depression. When does one slide into the other?…
May 1, 2012
Continuing Bonds
The year following my husband Vic’s death, his absence stunned me as I walked by…