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by Sherrie Ann Cassel I hope you’re all healing a little every day, and for those of you who are making leaps and bounds in your process, please share here or with others your Light in the face of supreme grief over the loss of your loved one(s). Rumi said, “If everything around seems dark,Continue reading “Move over, Grief; Joy is back in town”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel There was a time when grief was the singular focus for me. I pored through books about grief and how to survive it. I pored through sacred texts trying to find the answer that would pivot me back into the living. I read about how deep emotional pain can feel physical,Continue reading “Title Fight”

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By Sherrie Cassel People tell me I exude joy and contribute to our world’s collective aching heart, a positive worldview (on most days). I used to blurt out to anyone even if he or she were talking about something not even remotely related to the death of one’s child, “I lost my son to heroinContinue reading “A Stitch in Time”

by Sherrie Cassel Our grandson goes home on Tuesday after being with us for the summer; it’s been a joy to have him with us. He is the son of my son who died six years and eight months ago. There are so many similarities they share, in addition to having the same birthday, whichContinue reading “Detachment and Adjustment”

By Sherrie Cassel Our grandson has been staying with us for the summer. He goes home next Tuesday. He is the son of my son and my only child. As well as being overjoyed to have our grandson with us, as is everything forever more, this side of Heaven, is bittersweetness. Everything, every experience, everyContinue reading “Damming up the overflow”

Rebirthing Relationships by Sherrie Ann Cassel – Centering Grief Resources

By Sherrie Cassel I’m not retirement age, but I’ve been away from work and people for eleven years. The last nearly three years of pandemic cautionary procedures, I’ve not been in large or small crowds. A new job and seminary can be a huge adjustment period. I’m used to pretty much my own schedule, whichContinue reading “Coming out of Retirement”

By Sherrie Cassel I encourage everyone to find a medium that works for him or her. I’m not feeling all that grand, but not being able to shake this fever, or sleep, I find comfort in my coping mechanism as I pour words out onto a page. If you ever want to share the fruitContinue reading “The Day the Dishwasher Broke”