Category: Grief
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Seeking Joy in the Grief – Thoughts on Hope, Peace, & Healing
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This week was the two-year anniversary of my father’s death. It’s complicated. Grief is hard. If you don’t know grief, you may not know that it is also well hidden at times. We bury it. It waits to pop back out when you least expect it. That’s a little of…
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I Won’t Leave Myself Behind This Time
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I won’t leave myself behind – a declaration. I’ve never been embarrassed to admit I go to therapy. I think it’s healthy to talk about it. I’m not afraid to do that. I’ve always believed it’s ultimately a part of my calling in life (to at least write and talk…
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Where the Light Enters
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“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi I wrote a line once, “All I breed is death.”Born of loss. Born of the one thing I wanted more than anything, slipping through my fingers. I wrote a few lines once, “I was the fire, burning through…
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Winter Solstice
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Winter Solstice On the longest,Darkest nightOf the year, theWarmth and lightOf hope will beBurning bright.-EM Morgan
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The Gift of Going First: On PTSD, Grief, & Healing
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The gift of going first – On PTSD, Grief, & Healing I’ve experienced some physical violence in my life – or the threat thereof. One of these periods in my life was not too long ago. But what happened after that, was one long continuous case of more fight, flight,…