by HeartLight Center | Jan 6, 2026 | HeartLight Center Blog
By: Dr. Genna Reeves I spent my Christmas Eve at a funeral home… and I had fun. Not the loud, carefree kind of fun—but the quiet, grounding kind that comes from being deeply human together at Gabaldon Mortuary for their annual Lighting the Way luminaria...
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 | Oct 6, 2025 | Recipes for Remembering
Oatmeal Cookies Cooked with Love by Kelly Karavousanos, HeartLight Center Director of Community Outreach “Every Christmas, my grandma would fill her kitchen with plates of cookies and pies of every kind. No matter how many she made, she always set aside a lemon...