Free Kindle Ebook this Week
In honor of the Winter Solstice, we’ve put WORKING THROUGH GRIEF up on Amazon free from 20 December through 24 December. Download it to your kindle, kindle app on your phone or iPad, to your…
New Book on Grief and Loss Is Out on Kindle in Time for Holiday Depression
The holidays can be a very, VERY difficult time for those who have suffered a recent loss or suffered a loss close to the holidays of past years. I find that most people are either…
When You’re Older…and Everyone Disapproves of Your New Love
Self-portrait; one very happy afternoon, preparing for guests and the evening’s Life-Death-and-the-Universe conversations. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder. Granddaddy’s been gone for over 15 years, but if he were alive tonight at 105, I’d want…
The Dark Night of the Soul
Sparklers on the Fairy Tree, a fav of neighborhood children. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder. The Dark Night of the Soul is a rather ominous term for something that happens in some lives, but not…
“Get Closure—Now, Damn It!”
The dreaded 3 of Swords Tarot card, usually signifying grief, betrayal, loss, and/or sorrow. Photo credit by Raelene G; attribution license I sat in the conference room and sobbed hard enough that my shoulders shook. …
Healing Old Wounds
Photo credit by publicinsomniac; creative commons license Healing old wounds of childhood trauma and self-esteem doesn’t come easily, but when it does come, it’s unexpected. Thinking back on my childhood, I might just as…
Walking Away from Someone You Love (and Hate and Fear)
Photo by Lorna Tedder, copyright December 2006; Peaceful on the farm at sunset–a much gentler energy after Daddy died. I hated him. I loved him, too. But this is probably the first time in my…
Is this Message for You? (Dark Days, Lunar Eclipse, August 2008)
Photo by macxbebe; creative commons license. Is this message for you? As my long-time readers know, I occasionally feel the need to give someone a “message.” Often I don’t understand the urge to write these…
The Letting Go Song (Inspiration from ABBA/Mamma Mia)
I took my Broadway-Musical-loving Aislinn to see Mamma Mia a few nights ago so we could have some mother-daughter bonding time. I loved the movie–sucker that I am for musicals and reunion romances. It…
My Garden Gives Me Little Surprises (Or Is It the Fairies?)
” Will you dance with me, Mother of the World?” — Sharon Knight Sometimes, you find things in your garden that you’d forgotten.  Mother’s Day was a little strange to me this year. The girls gave…
