by Sherrie Cassel This group has been my baby for nine years. Nine and a half years ago I lost my beautiful and tortured son. I look back at the wrecked person I was then. I remember not being able to get up off the couch. I didn’t have to return to work right away,Continue reading “After the Storm”
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Busy is the Operative Word
By Sherrie Cassel I’m having a tough time today. Grief is unpredictable. I’ve been on the fast track for four years. I have leisure time I haven’t had in FOUR YEARS. I’ve been reading, visiting with cherished loved ones, writing, living, loving, laughing – and today, the world returns to my normal, another second, minute,Continue reading “Busy is the Operative Word”
Complicated Grief: The Tip of the Iceberg
By Sherrie Cassel I want to share resources I find beneficial with my readers, and with those who accidentally find my page. I’m taking a little time off before I hit the academic trajectory toward a doctorate. I’m taking time for self-reflection and relaxation; it’s been a long four years! This book, which I’ve sharedContinue reading “Complicated Grief: The Tip of the Iceberg”
Unmuting the Muse
By Sherrie Cassel In The Artist’s Way, the author recommends writing three pages a day, or painting, or singing, or going on a meditative walk with yourself. I know for those of us who are really bad at self-care, trying any of these exercises is excruciatingly difficult, and our self-care is neglected to the pointContinue reading “Unmuting the Muse”
Trippin’
By Sherrie Cassel Trippin’ By Sherrie Cassel May 20, 2025, graduation day, a hard-earned day, a lifetime of stories and struggles, and here it was, the big day. I had worked decades to be there among Ph.D. graduates and other Masters graduates. We were a small graduating class at our seminary. There were twenty-two totalContinue reading “Trippin’”
Grief and estrangement
By Sherrie Cassel Dedicated to my biological family: I’m sorry you’re hurting. I found out yesterday, on Facebook, that my sister died; this is how my family of origin handles things. We’re not functional together; estrangement has been good for me. I did not know for decades that I could break free from toxicity andContinue reading “Grief and estrangement”
Politics and Poppycock
by Sherrie Cassel Is it just me, or is the world on fire, volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, a VUCA world, a term used in business models? I know popular opinion is that this administration is responsible for the chaos in my own country, the USA, and while the current president’s antics are sometimes entertaining,Continue reading “Politics and Poppycock”
No hard feelings
by Sherrie Cassel Anger is poisonous; it wrecks relationships irreparably, and if not irreparably, then shaky forever after. I know. My son and I. His wife and I. My sister and brothers and I, and a string of former lovers who might have turned into relationships had my anger toward men not been so prevalentContinue reading “No hard feelings”
Grief to Gratitude 