Tag: loss

  • Unchosen Journeys: Caregiving (Part 2)

    As with many things in life, caregiving is complicated. Whether you are a caregiver, care-receiver or walking with a friend or family member in one of these roles, it is helpful to consider the significant emotional realities that people are dealing with.  Whether or not it is an acknowledged reality, as a caregiver, you are…

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  • No Return Policy:                          a poem about grief

    No Return Policy: a poem about grief

    Grief is a roller coaster Trapped on a ride you didn’t choose Raising existential questions on a mundane Tuesday afternoon Grief is a marathon Tears unbidden as you unload the dishwasher and fold laundry  Unfinished business rising without hope of a pretty bow Grief is a runaway train Relentlessly rolling over anything in its path…

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