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As a veteran griever, I’ve read countless books on grief and even though I’m the griever, I’ve read books about how to help other grievers. David Kessler’s book on The Sixth Stage, When Bad Things Happen to Good People by the Rabbi Harold Kushner, and now Daryl Potter’s book which shows a different side ofContinue reading “Excellent Read”

By Sherrie Cassel Good morning, readers, fellow grievers, friends and family. This morning I wanted to share a little about my experience in self-examination through the grief process. I’ve had six years and seven months to navigate the process, even though with my son having been so dreadfully ill from years of addiction, I beganContinue reading “Grief: From Victim to Victor”

By Sherrie Cassel How many times did you bring me seaweed from the ocean? I recall a mountain of it when you brought pieces of it to me like a bouquet of flowers stolen from the neighbor’s yard. Sshh, it’s a secret. Searching for sand crabs, urging you to not go any deeper because IContinue reading “Beach Day”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel There’s a story in the New Testament of the Christian Bible which speaks about a person who owed the King a substantial amount of money. When he went before the King, the King had mercy on him and forgave him his debt. When this same debtor had the opportunity to forgiveContinue reading “Can we truly forgive?”

By Sherrie Cassel In the blockbuster movie, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (T2), there is a scene in which the nuclear bomb is unleashed and the flames rush through time-space at a dizzyingly destructive pace. In another scene there is Sarah on a playground holding on to a chain link fence and only a disintegrating skeletonContinue reading “Coping Mechanisms”

By Sherrie Cassel I begin a new decade; the last one was the most difficult of my life. As those of you who follow this blog know, I lost my son and only child six and a half years ago. Those years were spent groveling before a god I wasn’t sure I believed in anymore.Continue reading “When it’s time”

By Sherrie Cassel I’ve worked hard to get to the other side of the gargantuan mountain of grief to a place of victory and then to a return to a life in which grief is no longer the guiding force. Grief no longer compels me to spill my guts about the loss of my sonContinue reading “Balanced Reciprocity”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel The world is a wonderful-horrible place, or more specifically, in life, there is beauty and there is indescribable pain, and sometimes human nature turns on itself, and becomes self-destructive. This week in response to the massacre in Uvalde, TX, there have been a variety of responses, always polarizing. What else isContinue reading “The Little Engine that Could”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel What is the hair of the dog for a grief hangover? Yesterday was Mother’s Day in the United States. For those of us who are mothers or mother figures, we were celebrated yesterday. Mothers whose children have died, especially those who have lost their only child, wonder where we fit inContinue reading “When Mother’s Day Ends”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel One of the greatest books I read during the tumultuous addiction years with my son was by Daphne Rose Kingma, 10 Things to do When Your World is Falling Apart. I thought the book was great while my son was alive, even though he was dreadfully ill from years of alcoholismContinue reading “Things to do when you’re grieving — Hard”