by hewholaughs.org | Aug 14, 2023 | Grief
I realize that if you have never experienced tragic loss the notion that grief has friends sounds crazy. On one hand, I absolutely rejoice that you don’t get it. However, if you don’t get it also means you may have a hard time relating to the space that...
by hewholaughs.org | Feb 1, 2023 | Emotional Wellness, Grief
My truth is different than yours. My truth, like others, varies day to day, moment to moment. Truth is fluid and relative. Some days my truth is soft and gentle, asking me to simply sit with the world. Then other days my truth is forceful and assertive, asking me to...
by hewholaughs.org | Sep 7, 2022 | Grief, Suicide
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. I have written these words several times over and each time I sit down to write it feels surreal. Maybe if I try hard enough I can wake from this nightmare. I would wake to find Isaac walking through our...
by hewholaughs.org | Apr 13, 2022 | Grief, Suicide
Did you know that before I belonged to this suicide club, I thought I was normal. I mean, I could be normal, right? Perhaps. Or maybe I became more human when I started to hold my grief and trauma without wearing rose colored glasses, then maybe it was in that...
by hewholaughs.org | Apr 8, 2022 | Grief
What is normal? I ask myself this question often and sometimes I ask it several times within a day. You are probably wondering why in the world would I ask myself this question and more importantly what does it possibly matter. Well, it does matter and it matters a...
by hewholaughs.org | Apr 4, 2022 | Grief
It’s Okay to Not Be Okay is an invitation to lovingly hold grief, not fix it. It is a phrase that has become more common in the last several years. I know that my family and I were introduced to this particular phrase when we were gifted Megan Devine’s...
