Episode 162 - Memorial Day and Grief... Catching Up with Joshua Black of the Grief Dreams Podcast
May 31, 2019
This past week - Memorial Day weekend here in the United States, I had a chance to finally meet Dr. Joshua Black of the Grief Dreams podcast (griefdreams.ca).
I took him to Arlington National Cemetery and we watched the changing of the guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was a very powerful experience.
He...
Episode 161 - The Crossroads of Grief
May 22, 2019
As I think about things that I have to do to settle mom's estate, I realize that once I go through the rest of her personal effects, I will go through another huge wave of emotions. I'm not exactly sure what that looks like. That's part of the future of my grief journey.
When I look back at where I started with the...
Episode 160 - In Grief, The Support We Need May Not Be The Support We Want
May 15, 2019
As I was drinking a glass of wine (that turned into the whole bottle) on Mother's Day, I starting thinking about things that she would say to me in the form of unsolicited advice - specifically about people would would call themselves my friends but were only hanging out with me because I had a car.
I didn't want to...
Episode 159 - Grief on a Sunday Meant for Moms
May 9, 2019
People have been reaching out to me asking what I'm doing this year for Mother's Day.
I will say a prayer for my mom, have a conversation with her... even if it's one sided and I'll do something that we'd normally do together. At least that is the plan.
"Plan" is the operative term. Just because I think that's what...
Episode 158 - Grief and the NFL Draft
May 1, 2019
After seeing so many posts about time healing all wounds this bast week and with the NFL draft taking place, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to talk about that dirty little for letter "T" word again... time.
Teams look to the NFL draft to make there teams better. Instead of waiting for their allotted pick to come...