National Senior Citizens Day

National Senior Citizens Day

Celebrating the Wisdom and Legacy of Our Seniors on National Senior Citizens Day Every year, National Senior Citizens Day offers us a meaningful opportunity to recognize and celebrate the remarkable individuals who have helped shape our families, neighborhoods, and...
National Heart Month

National Heart Month

February is National Heart Month—a meaningful reminder to care not only for our physical hearts, but also for the emotional connections that give our lives depth and purpose.  It’s a time to pause, reflect, and recognize how love, compassion, and shared memories shape...
Why Does the Funeral Matter?

Why Does the Funeral Matter?

Today, we live fast-paced lives focused on instant gratification, immediate responses, and constant stimulation. We fill our minds with a barrage of entertainment and distract ourselves with our devices. In such an environment, moments of silence are increasingly...
Spending Time in Nature Can Help Heal Grief

Spending Time in Nature Can Help Heal Grief

A grief support client recently told me her life and body no longer felt “real” since the death of two siblings and her father within the past year. The sensation of not feeling fully “real” or “there” is common during the initial mourning period. To help grief...
The Value of Vigils

The Value of Vigils

Things happen in this world that break our hearts. In many cases, there’s nothing we personally could have done to prevent the events from occurring. Loosing lives, and in the midst of it all, as human beings, we must stand together and mourn together. This is why...