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  Stopping contact with an abusive parent might be the best thing for you. Yet, it’s one of the hardest things to do. First, there are the emotional hooks from the parent. Next, there’s the social shame and stigma of being a bad child, even though you are an adult. There’s also family connections that…

Death doesn’t wait for anyone. It doesn’t care if there’s a holiday coming up, or a birthday. Grief doesn’t have boundaries, and it certainly doesn’t stop for a holiday. So, grieving at Christmas is okay. Grieving at Christmas is okay. Grief needs to be let out. It needs to vent. Anger, guilt, confusion, and love…

It takes love to heal. Love is the ointment that soothes and starts to heal emotional wounds. Love allows forgiveness to enter the heart and soul. Love cracks the darkness of depression, and tears away at despair. Love stands quietly beside you in depression. As I sat, depressed and angry, I asked, “Who in the…

November is a month of death anniversaries for me. One of the death anniversaries is that of my mother. She was dying of bone cancer, and taken to hospital with a high fever. After a week of blood transfusion and treatments, she had a seizure. Mom lapsed into a coma, her brain function not even registering. After…
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