by HeartLight Center | Jun 19, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Fellow Grief Professional, and Grieving Heart: Since I was a young girl, I wanted to be a mortician. My paternal grandmother died when I was seven. She had been sick for as long as I could remember and even as a child, I was not surprised she passed away. The...
by HeartLight Center | Jun 1, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Grieving Heart, Next to my husband Dan, my dad was my second-best friend. When told that dad had six months to a year to live, the news tore my soul. I silently suffered anticipatory grief. Even though I was trained as an end-of-life doula a year prior, I was...
by HeartLight Center | May 8, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Fellow Human, May is “Mental Health Awareness Month” and I am grateful to take a moment to talk about mental health. (Especially because how we tend to ourselves and each other deeply matters to our overall wellbeing!) In sharing from personal...
by HeartLight Center | Mar 22, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Fellow Griever, I found some voice through haiku as I was processing some of the depths of my grief. The cadence of 5-7-5 worked for me. I wanted to share in case haiku may be useful to you, too. Lovingly, Mary April 4, 2022. The day after Jim died....
by HeartLight Center | Mar 14, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Social Worker Heart, March is Social Work Appreciation Month, and it is the perfect time to thank social workers for all they do. I want to offer a sincere thanks to all of my fellow Social Workers. It can be hard to thank someone for doing so much, and difficult...
by HeartLight Center | Feb 10, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Fellow Griever, I thought that I was prepared for my mom to die…she had fallen and broken her hip, had a stroke after the surgery to repair the fracture, went to rehab and worked her way back to her assisted living facility but was never the same. Her health...