This book is more than a collection of poems. It’s a story of presence, of love, and of learning how to sit with grief when words are all you have. It is the first book Sean and I ever published together, though it was never part of our original plan. At the time, I was […]
A Couple’s Journey with Grief, Words, and Love Read More »
One of my lifelong tendencies is the impulse to fix things. As the eldest in my family, I grew up stepping in when things fell apart. If someone was sad, I tried to cheer them up. If something broke, I did my best to repair it. If someone was struggling, I carried their pain like
The Sacred in the Silence: Holding Space Without Needing to Fix Read More »
One of the services I hope to offer alongside our book is helping others write eulogies using the beautiful power of poetry. I’ve read that, on average, people spend between 2 to 10 hours preparing a eulogy. This time is spent reflecting on memories and stories, writing and revising the text, and practicing the delivery.
Giving More Than a Eulogy: Creating a Legacy Through Story & Poem Read More »
There’s something mysterious about the way poems lodge themselves deep in our memory, especially during times of loss. Why do certain lines linger in our minds long after other words have faded? And what is it about poetry that seems to touch a part of us deeper than everyday speech? Poetry speaks to the guttural,
Why Poems Stay: The Psychology of Poetic Memory in Times of Loss Read More »
For those of us who accompany others through the terrain of dying and loss, language can be one of the most powerful tools we carry. Not just the clinical language of charts and symptoms, but the deeper, quieter language of presence, poetry, and soul. One of the books that has profoundly shaped my understanding of
Poetry at the End of Life: A Tibetan Teaching on Dying with Presence Read More »
