Christmas arrives like a whirlwind with lights twinkling, music spilling into every street, the rush of obligations pressing in from every direction. It’s easy to
Category: Mourning
The Right to Hurt
We live in a world that worships positivity. “Stay strong.” “Keep smiling.” “Everything happens for a reason.” But sometimes, the reason hurts and the reason
Rebuilding Your Life While Still Grieving
Grief doesn’t end when the world expects it to. It lingers — heavy, quiet, sometimes loud, sometimes numbing. And somehow, in the midst of that
Silent Retreat at Home
This month is definitely not going at all according to plan. As I’ve shared in previous entries, what began as a winter cold turned into
Eulogy: Good Night Peter
Loulé, Algarve, PortugalDecember 21, 2023 One of the greatest gifts one person can bestow on another is the gift of presence, and that is something
When The Going Gets Tough, The Camera Gets Going
“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this
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