Years ago when I was in spiritual director training, Jo Ann Kunz, was one of my instructors. She taught me a practice she called, “Doing a Write.” This process is one I’ve done myself many times since ...

Ten years ago, on Feb. 1, 2014, my wife Margie died. We were married for 50 years and eight months, and I still think of her every day. I always have a picture of her in my head and like remembering ...

Grief is something that many people deal with on a daily basis, and for over 35 years, the WinterSpring program has been ...

When my children were little, they did not want to put their faces under water. During swimming lessons, I watched as their wonderful coach gently worked with them to get more comfortable. First they ...

All the bright decor, shiny tinsel and joyous caroling ringing in the holidays can't outshine the somber fact grief takes no vacations. It's been noted depression, anxiety and other mental-emotional ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Grief can leave us feeling overwhelmed, from coping with loss to coping with physical distance from our loved ones. Kirby Kelleher, Licensed Clinical Social Worker for Ellie Mental ...

Reid died late last June, the day after his 27th birthday. He’d spent the past two years battling a rare form of cancer. But his passing occurred without warning, and it left me reeling. He was here, ...

Losing Andrea irrevocably altered my life most profoundly. Child-loss changes the course of one’s life forever. My world is a different place, and I am not the same person I was before. There’s the ...