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By Sherrie Ann Cassel As someone who has been navigating the grief process for three and a half years, this quote has left a lasting impression on me for a very specific reason: friends are essential for a quality life – so as we  risk letting go of our insecurities when we lose friends ,Continue reading “Grieving the loss of friends”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel Weekends pass so quickly; it can sometimes feel like you never left the office. Time marches on and it waits for no one. Not even guilt can deter it. Even after Little Boy’s decimation of your former self, your brain still yields new neurons that beg for the continuation of life,Continue reading “Jenga”

By Sherrie Cassel The past month was a difficult one. No reason, other than the fact that I lost the most significant person in my life: my son and only child. Three and one-half years have passed, and, holistically, I am doing well, which is to say, the visceral breakdowns are fewer and farther between.Continue reading “Present-Perfect Tense”

By Sherrie Ann Cassel After some time, when someone you love dies, you find that you’re able to function, sometimes even optimally. You get out of bed, and are rarin’ to go. You have the energy to go for a walk, go to the gym, be around people, and move forward. Of course, the painContinue reading “My “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day””

I remember the night my Rikki died, I was standing outside the hospital catching my breath in the cold January air, and my sister-in-law came out and asked me, “What do you need us to do?” I said, “I don’t know. I’ve never lost a son before.” We’re right on point when we say weContinue reading “A Time to Heal”

Time really doesn’t heal all wounds. Wounds heal in fits and starts and sometimes the nerve endings spark in a painful fusion — and sometimes those wounds split wide open — again, dependent upon where we are on our grief journey. Disuse of a body part causes it to atrophy; it causes the part toContinue reading

Anniversary dates are difficult. Some people have attempted to soften the blow by calling them angelversaries. I admit, sometimes it helps me to call them that too. At any rate, my son’s angelversary is next Tuesday, January 22nd. Three years will have passed since the day he died. He didn’t leave me. It wasn’t God’sContinue reading “Conflicting thoughts about anniversaries”