by Megan Hogan | Apr 16, 2026 | Heart to Heart
I am Planning My Wedding Without You / A Letter to Caroline By Savanna Phelan-Jones I am planning my wedding without you. And, it’s so many exciting things. So many exciting things that so many have done before us: planning our bridal parties, buying rings, writing...
by HeartLight Center | Apr 7, 2026 | Heart to Heart
As the call ended, my stepmom desperately repeated, “Are you going to come? Are you going to come?” I had just learned that my dad died from a cardiac event. In my utter disbelief and heartache, I began to form a list of tasks, one being getting a flight to Houston. I...
by HeartLight Center | Dec 31, 2025 | Heart to Heart
Dear Griever, I have had the honor and privilege of serving as the Community Liaison for HeartLight Center since May 2023. On December 16, 2025, I had the opportunity to speak on behalf of HeartLight at our annual Holiday Love and Light Remembrance Event, held in...
by HeartLight Center | Dec 16, 2025 | Heart to Heart
How many “first times” must I experience? Will the “triggers” ever become just another song or just another photo or just another place? Just days after you died came the “first time” to fold clothes as they came out of the dryer,...
by HeartLight Center | Oct 13, 2025 | Heart to Heart
Death is a scary word to many whom have never experienced it before and until it occurs in your family or even community we tend to disconnect from the idea. I found myself in shambles when death impacted my family, unable to pick up the pieces of my mind as I was in...
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...
