Lesson # 21: Learn, love, and serve—the end!
One of the things that I admire about my father was his insatiable appetite for learning. No, he never actually sat down with me and...
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- Sep 17, 2020
- 5 min
Lesson # 20: Being a parent is not for the faint-hearted
Being a parent is the ultimate test for (and proof of) anyone’s resolve, endurance, patience, capacity to love unconditionally, faith,...
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- Sep 10, 2020
- 6 min
Lesson # 19: Have updated maps, will travel
As I told you in my previous blogs, I moved a lot with my husband. So driving across the United States for days was not a big deal. I was...
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 18: It’s important to “get back out there” even after a big loss
We all knew this famous Mother Goose’s nursery rhyme as a kid: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the King's...
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- Aug 28, 2020
- 4 min
Lesson # 17: It is essential to ask deeper questions
The most annoying question a child asks parents is “but why?” when being told to do a task. So most parents quickly answer with “because...
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- Aug 20, 2020
- 5 min
Lesson # 16: Mission, and vision, and calling, oh my!
When I was four, my mission in life was to grow up to be a bride. I’m sure that hearing fairy tales had a lot to do with that. By seven,...
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- Aug 13, 2020
- 6 min
Lesson # 15: We need to love our one and only body!
We only have one body for our entire life. This is it! We can’t trade it in for a new model just because it doesn’t look new anymore, is...
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- Aug 6, 2020
- 4 min
Lesson # 14: We are “one-of-a-kind” in the entire universe
“There exists only one me in the entire universe, a one-time edition that will never be duplicated ever again.” Have you ever pondered...
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- Jul 30, 2020
- 4 min
Lesson # 13: Our strength comes from remembering who we are
Life and loss are intertwined. Because life is a series of change, and change is basically a loss of “what was and what used to be.” Even...
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- Jul 23, 2020
- 4 min
Lesson # 12: What to do when the going gets tough
It has been my observation that life is a thrilling journey—one that offers vast variety along the way as if the Universe doesn’t want...
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- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 11: It is possible to be happy and have fun again after loss
This is a challenging concept to consider for anyone whose life has just been turned upside down due to a loss of any kind....
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- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
Lesson # 10: We can choose to focus on what we no longer have or on what we still have
It’s only natural that after we have lost something, we focus on what is now missing and talk about it (usually in great detail) because...
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- Jul 2, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 9: We can choose to be a victim or a victor
We all have had unfortunate events happened to us. We may have lost a job, friendship, a relationship, health, physical ability,...
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- Jun 25, 2020
- 4 min
Lesson # 8: Let your loved one off the hook!
Loss changes us in so many ways. Some of the changes are drastic and sudden, while others are more subtle and gradual. But one thing is...
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- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 7: Love goes on beyond death, but how?
We all want to believe that love goes on beyond death. It’s easy to say, “I will always love him/her” after someone has died. But how do...
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- Jun 11, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 6: Each one of us is a multi-faceted individual, including our dearly departed
There is a tendency in all of us to put our loved one on a pedestal. No one wants to speak badly of the dead. I didn’t either for a long...
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- Jun 4, 2020
- 4 min
Lesson # 5: Connect the dots to heal
Whenever I face a challenge (undesirable task, a difficult conversation, a risk I need to take, etc.) and find myself avoiding it,...
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- May 28, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 4: There is a distinction between facts and the story I make about them
The fact is my husband died of a sudden heart attack that night. The doctor told me that his arteries were ninety-nine percent blocked....
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- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 3:Everyone is doing the best they can with what they know at a particular time
After my husband died, I often pondered the following questions: Would he still be alive if I had taken the short cut to the hospital the...
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- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
Lesson # 2: We are stronger than we think
Much like the peony bush that seems more fragile than an oak tree, we are stronger than we believe we are. The peony stems grow straight...
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