Avoiding the Feelings

Erica and Sharon discuss how easy it is to engage in behaviors in an attempt to numb the pain from our grief.  Such behaviors include: over drinking, over eating, binge watching TV and excessive social media usage.  It is not uncommon to find things to distract...

Helping Our Kids Cope with Social Distancing

Erica and Sharon discuss how social distancing is affecting our children.  Erica shares her struggle with her seventeen year old son Jordan.  The sisters give some suggestions on how to address the pandemic with your children.  For more information please go to their...
For the Mother without her Child

For the Mother without her Child

  For the Mother without her Child This is the last Mother’s Day post Donovan wrote for to me and when it shows up in my FB memories It’s always bittersweet. I miss him so much! Each year that passes holds dreams I will never see him or his bother achieve.  I...

Question from a Griever

The sisters answer a question that was emailed to them from a griever.  The question asked was if the manner in which a person dies affects how you grieve for them? The sisters share their most personal losses some tragic and some were due to long term illness.  The...
Hey Girl…Put Down That Phone

Hey Girl…Put Down That Phone

Put Your Phone Down – Feel the Feelings Here is what had happened to me when I was grieving. I would have a thought about Austin or remember a conversation that I had with him. Then, BAM! It would be followed by this intense pain in my heart. I would experience an...