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By Sherrie Cassel In the grief walk, I have seen others and I have seen it in myself, the sheer gumption to heal, in spite of all the shit that has happened in our lives, both sad and joyful, both emotionally healthy and some still struggling from trauma, we are strong spirited; we had noContinue reading “Catching a Light Breeze”

By Sherrie Cassel From February 8, 2016 There were three of us there tonight — three women who have something terrible in common. We all lost sons — when they were very young. Angelica lost Oscar when he was only 7. Irene lost Louie when he was 13. And, I lost my 32 year oldContinue reading “6 Years in the Blink of an Eye”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel Tomorrow is the six-year anniversary of my son’s death. I choose to mourn today. I’ve been listening to music and sharing my heart on my Facebook page, and I woke my husband (sick with COVID – fully vaccinated) and told him that my heart hurts today. Through the tears I’m revvingContinue reading “Six Years”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel “Life is just a lesson Time is a perception Love will cure depression This is my confession You are my obsession You are my obsession You are my obsession[…] “You are My Obsession” ~Trevor Something~ (sic) What can be worse than the occasional time of retrospection? Rumination. After my son died,Continue reading “Ruminating on that Glad Day”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel This blog was originally developed to share my secrets for how to navigate grief, how to tame it, how to make it work for you, and how to work joy back into your life. I’ve mostly done that; I hope. I’ve been tangential and discussed things that have nothing to doContinue reading “Mourning into Dancing”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel And so here we find ourselves; it’s Christmas Eve – again. As a veteran griever, my son will have been gone 6 years on January 22, 2022 @ 5:55 p.m., I’ve learned to navigate the bittersweetness that is now part of me, a part I carry with me every day intoContinue reading “Hot Springs of Comfort and Joy”

By Sherrie Cassel Christmastime is here again. Next month, on the 22nd of January at 5:55 p.m., my son will have been gone for 6 years. I don’t know how it is possible that 6 years have passed; it feels like just yesterday I said goodbye to him. Or see you later, alligator. We findContinue reading “On the sunny side of the blues”

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By Sherrie Ann Cassel For Simone Biles I am in awe of young Simone Biles. Not just because she is a champion for mental health, but because her athleticism is magnificent. Watching her command the air in The Biles’ Triple is without a doubt, one of the wonders of the world. As Simone has sharedContinue reading “9.9”

By Sherrie Cassel The five and a half year angelversary of my son’s death has come and gone and the next one is waiting for me to catch up to it in January, a new year, another without my son. I know how much it hurts to love someone with every single cell in yourContinue reading “Scheduled Maintenance”