Open to Hope posted my essay “Merry Go Round and Round” on January 22, 2024. I find winter a quiet relief after months of holidays and remembrances. The carousel of time is unstoppable, but I can give myself permission to hop on and off. “Paint was peeling from the horses and the roof was sun-bleached, …
I was honored that Motherwell magazine included my essay written as a letter to Mack. “Your blue camo backpack hung on the back of your desk chair with your Pittsburgh Penguins baseball cap on top of it for eight years. It was as you left it on the last day of school before the Christmas …
The Compassionate Friends Spring 2023 webzine was recently posted. My essay “About Your Room” was included along with other poems and reflections for bereaved parents, grandparents, siblings, and all who love children who have died too soon. The PDF can be downloaded directly. These magazines are free resources, please feel free to share!
My latest essay ‘About Your Room’ is linked here on Open to Hope. It is written as a letter to Mack when we dismantled his room. Open to Hope is a terrific website packed with helpful articles and podcasts for all types of grief. They help to teach us a new language and way of …
Re-imagining the Advent Candles
Thank you for continuing to love and remember Mack who died 8 years ago today. It still takes my breath away. How I long to see his teddy bear eyes and laugh together on the couch. I sense his joyful presence. I picture him running, his long legs stretched out, surrounded by friends, and I …
My new essay was posted today on Open to Hope reflecting on the season of Advent and showing up for one another in our darkest hours. I love this quote from Sister Joan Chittister: “Have you never been imprisoned by your fears, your embarrassments, your humiliations, your inadequacies? Because if you have, you know that …
An essay from Elizabeth recently posted on OpenToHope.com. It has been six and a half years since our son, Mack, died suddenly on New Year’s Eve 2012, just shy of his ninth birthday. As the many of us who learn to live newly after loss, we take it on as a part of our lives and …