- Sep 11
- 3 min
Royal Grief - and a True Loss
The death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, has hit and moved me quite a bit. She looked so small and frail, yet with her big warm...
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
The Ugliness of Grief Shaming
Shocking. Cruel. Unethical. Tragic. These are only a few words that come to mind when I see some of the attacks being levied towards...
- Sep 1, 2018
- 2 min
A Momentous Week of Celebration
Like many of you, I get wrapped up in the lives of public figures. And the last several days have been historic and powerful in the...
- Jun 9, 2018
- 3 min
The Known and the Unknowable of Suicide
It's been a heartbreaking week - to lose such luminaries as Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain to suicide in such a short span of time is...
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
Grief highlighted By Dr. Phil
Anytime Grief & Loss are in the spotlight, it gets my attention. Yesterday, Dr. Phil did his show partially about Melissa (left), who...
- Apr 27, 2016
- 3 min
Three Things That Are Really Bothering Me about the Death of Prince
We like to poke fun at celebrities – their money, their eccentricities, their attitudes. There are certainly some of them who seem pretty...
- Oct 11, 2014
- 3 min
We Hardly Knew Ye - The Death of a Celebrity
The suicide of Robin Williams, hit me pretty hard – Dead Poet’s Society was a landmark film in my life – Seize the Day has been my...