by HeartLight Center | Sep 30, 2025 | Heart to Heart
My husband suddenly passed away a week after our 49th wedding anniversary. How I’m coping with what would have been our 50th anniversary and the first year of his passing: I did my own ritual starting with wearing his crucifix, taking deep breaths, reading this...
by HeartLight Center | Aug 20, 2025 | Heart to Heart
Ever Forward Four years. Nearly four years. The calendar pages fly by in a blur. Am I awake? Asleep? Another “benchmark” checked. Another mile on the road to “moving on.” Four rotations around the sun, dimmer now without you here to see it. Forty-six months....
by HeartLight Center | Jun 13, 2025 | Heart to Heart
“You never know what’s out there,” said my dad as he pointed at the dark night sky. Shooting stars, wonder, and hope filled both the sky and our hearts. Since I was a little girl, this was a common occurrence while we went camping. My dad and I, in...
by HeartLight Center | Apr 17, 2025 | Signature Series Presentations
The Power of Your Story Narrative Power: Finding Words for Living, Dying, Death and Bereavement A special presentation for Hospice Professionals, Clergy, Therapists/Counselors, Volunteers, Companions, Death Doulas, Death Care Professionals, including Funeral...
by HeartLight Center | Apr 8, 2025 | Heart to Heart
Shortly after my dear, sweet husband died suddenly last year, I resurrected the following rhyming poem I had written to kickstart me on the second half of my life (as long as medical science cooperates until I reach the ripe old age of 148 years). Hopefully, it will...
