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Category Archives: Grief and the holidays
Finding Ways to Combat Anxiety
As the unrelenting anxiety continues to grow, my best defense is to sit and write and focus my mind on something unrelated to the sadness and emptiness that inevitably grows inside me at that this time of the year. This … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Grief and the holidays, Relieving stress
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Recovering from Grief
I’ve always loved my brother, and sometimes his bluntness makes me love him all the more. Yesterday at breakfast, he professed that never in a million years could he ever be married to me. In all honesty I wasn’t the … Continue reading
The Power of Now
Today is one of the hardest days of the year for us. We wake up with a weight on our chests that regardless of what we do, just won’t budge. I’m no neuroscientist but here is my analogy of how … Continue reading
Posted in Grief and the holidays, Positive thoughts
Tagged bereaved parents, death of a child, fear, grief, hope, positive thoughts, refocusing, Stefanie Rengel
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Another New Year’s..uggggg
Father Time is a slippery fellow. It seems that no matter what, we’re either wishing time would speed up or slow down and what we get is the exact opposite. It brings hope and dread, anxiety and joy and it … Continue reading
Posted in Grief and the holidays
Tagged bereaved parent, forgiveness, grief, hope, Stefanie Rengel
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The Magic of Christmas
There are so many things I could write about today especially considering recent events, but now is not the right time. Today is a day to muster up the strength for tomorrow and then more so for the New Year. … Continue reading
When Christmas isn’t joyful.
A week or so ago I was running some errands, the final stop, to buy some wine for an upcoming dinner party. In happy contemplation of a lovely evening to come, I was lost in pleasant thoughts trying to decide … Continue reading
Posted in Giving of yourself, Grief and the holidays, Hope, Positive thoughts
Tagged grief, hope, joy, Stefanie Rengel, working through others
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