40+ Grief Induced Life Experiences
You might be surprised to learn that there are over 40 different life experiences where you might feel grief. According to the Grief Recovery Institute®, Grief is the normal and natural response to any type of loss at all - it's the conflicting feelings caused by the...
the Waiting Room
Are you in the waiting room with your old friend, Grief? Christina Rasmussen, author of the book, SECOND FIRSTS, refers to a “waiting room.” And with all the work I’ve done to understand grief – and through my own personal experience with grief - it makes sense. The...
a Hope & Healing Workshop
I held the bowl in my hands. It was solid. Weighted, grounded. Whole. Beautiful, almost flawless. It had its purpose and I’m sure it served it well. The bowl represented me, in my previous life. I wondered how long it had its shape, for how long it had been whole. I...
Me, Makeup, and Grief
My husband died February 2017. Unexpectedly. A massive ruptured brain aneurysm. His death was instant and sudden and just a few hours after he left the house yelling "goodbye" and that he loved us. Eric was only 43. I was 38. Our girls were 8 and 11 at the time. And...
ARUBA! How We Fly For Free!
My husband died almost 3 years ago. He and I valued traveling, reconnecting as a family, reawakening with nature, feeling and seeing the beauty of God's creations. We traveled a lot, but don't be impressed. It was mostly a shit ton of camping trips. Drive 8-hours in...
In my Previous Life
Don't get me wrong, my previous life was beautiful. It was filled with so much goodness - especially in my wonderful marriage. There's so many things that we did right.... B U T... In my previous life I wore rose-colored glasses. Everything could be fixed with a...
Why I Refuse to See Breakthrough
Breakthrough. I'm sure it's amazing. I'm sure it's inspiring. I'm sure it's moving. And I'm sure it's changing lives and bringing people closer to God and that it's a great thing. And in another life I would have seen it, posted on social media about how...
the Fairy Garden
Okay, people, this may be one of the cutest things I've ever created besides my two daughters... First of all, it's summer. And my 11-yo, Laurel, desperately needs projects to keep her busy. She's made a huge ass bucket list; one being a 'she-shed' and suggesting a...
Badass Lady-Friendly PowerTools so You can DIY your Fucking Heart Out
I was happily married for 17-years before my husband suddenly passed, but even then, I did a lot of stuff around the house. Eric was a football coach and he was incredible at it, but that just didn't leave a whole lot of time for him to be here at the house working on...
Grief Books
When my husband died unexpectedly and suddenly in February 2017 gifts upon gifts were given to us by friends, family, and the community - heck, even strangers - and many of those included books; grief books. And I'd thumb through some of them... actually I thumbed...
How To Memorialize a Facebook Account
Reasons I wanted to Memorialize Eric's Facebook Account: So no one would hack into it. So Eric's birthday reminder wouldn't be sent to his friend list, and he won't show up as a suggested "friend you might know" to others. I wanted Eric to be able to look...
Etsy Grief Items I Bought After My Husband Died
People constantly ask me questions about what we went through when my husband died, or how we did this or that and why. One of the questions I get are about the gift items I had done... either gifts for us or for others to commemorate Eric. If you're new to me,...
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