Words that resonated with me April 18, 2011
Don’t forget my blog has moved!
http://connect.legacy.com/profiles/blogs/words-that-resonated-with-me
The blog finds a new home April 8, 2011
Starting this week, my blog has moved to Legacy Connect, a sister site to www.legacy.com. My hope is that this will bring me a much larger readership as I continue to help people find hope after not only suicide loss but also in the broader world of loss and change that we all experience. The new blog coincides with my becoming President of the American Association of Suicidology next week.
http://connect.legacy.com/profiles/blogs/the-road-we-dont-choose
Happy 36th Birthday, Denise April 4, 2011
Today would have been my sister Denise’s 36th birthday. I still believe it’s her birthday since she is still with me so this morning I stopped at a local bakery and bought a cupcake. I have cut back my sugar consumption recently and some days the craving really hits me. This morning I gave in and decided to celebrate Denise’s birthday with a cupcake (I haven’t eaten it yet- it’s on the kitchen counter, where no dog can reach it, waiting for me for later). Even though she always will be just two weeks shy of her eighteenth birthday rather than the 36 she would be now, my perspective now is that’s okay. She’s with me, she sends me messages, I know she’s here. Happy birthday, Denise. 
Artist seeks photos April 3, 2011
The address to send photos to is:
1187 Queen Street Unit #2
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
B3H 2S4
A time of new beginnings April 3, 2011
Today is the new moon and that means it’s a time for new beginnings. Often this can be difficult when we are experiencing a loss because we don’t want to lose anything else out of our comfort zone. That’s the myth around it though. Just because it’s a new beginning though doesn’t mean that we are letting go of the person who was so important to us. Instead, it means we have the opportunity to forget new paths in our lives, new paths that can make us better people. Our loved one is always with us in both memory and in spirit. It’s a time to let go of anything in the past that has held us back. And it’s a time to manifest those dreams we have into reality. Seize today and the energy in it to go forward and be who we are truly supposed to be. This morning I wrote down my goals and dreams, read them out loud, and then burned them. There was a good feeling that I released them to the universe, just as I’ve been attempting (that’s the best word to describe it!) to let go of anything I can’t control for Lent, that I manifested them and now it’s time for materialization.
