This morning started off the same as any other. Get up, get dressed, head downstairs, start the day. Except this morning, while drinking my coffee and scrolling through Facebook, I learned that one of my former students died of a heroin overdose. It’s not the way anyone expects the day to begin, but it’s how…
grief
Caught Off Guard
I’ve had a post brewing about parenting and how very full my heart has been this week as I’ve watched Joshua and Emma play and I planned to write it tonight. But then I logged onto Facebook and got caught up in a conversation about spanking, of all things, on Katie‘s wall, and before I…
I Didn’t Know Him, But His Life Mattered
Tuesday was World Suicide Prevention Day. All this week, I’ve thought about him. How his life mattered to me. How his death forever changed me. I kept his memory close this week not sure I could find the words to say that I hadn’t said already. And then I talked to my mom this morning and…
State of the Weight Wednesday: The Grief Edition
Welcome back to State of the Weight Wednesday. Being healthy is about more than just the number on the scale. It’s about living life while getting healthy. SOTWW is about making small changes you can live with. There’s really a lot of food happening right now and almost none of it is very healthy. Call it comfort eating….
On Loss and Grief
Loss and grief are colossal mind games. That’s the nicest way to put that and certainly not the phrase in my head right now when trying to describe just where my head has been for the past week or two. I consider myself a pretty intellectual, rational person, so I’ve been kind of caught off…