Tag: overcoming
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Singing The Song Again
A few months after we lost our son Gibson in 2022, a friend and I went to the Ahmanson Theater in Downtown LA to see the musical Hadestown, a modern re-telling of the mythic tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. Our young dreamer, Orpheus, falls in love with a beautiful, but plagued Eurydice. In the midst…
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The Road to Compassion
This past Friday, July 21st, 2023, was the planned delivery date for our little Ellie Kay. We were on the schedule for 7:35am, the first c-section of the day. A day very carefully chosen, which should have changed our lives forever. Instead, it slipped by like any other day, without much ado. A few people…
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Supporting Those in Traumatic Grief
Loss is an unfortunate reality of life and it is impossible to escape. The world ebbs and flows on the inevitable impermanence of our existence. And yet, as a society, we have always struggled to integrate grief into our daily life and practice. The more traumatic the loss (a loss that feels unfair, unimaginable, unusual,…
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A Birthday Tribute to Dustin
Today is one of my favorite days all year. It’s a day when I get to brag on an incredible human being that I am privileged to call my husband. He doesn’t like receiving public attention for all his wonderfulness, but I give it to him anyways because it’s good for him. We’ve been together…
The Unspeakable Spoken 