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How can music help us through loss?

How can music help us through loss?

When our son Garret died, music was very therapeutic for us.  More so for Jack than myself, but I have learned to really lean into the music and I have...

How can music help us through loss?

When our son Garret died, music was very therapeutic for us.  More so for Jack than myself, but I have learned to really lean into the music and I have...

Mother's Day - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Mother's Day - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Oh Mother's Day.  A day of celebrating and honoring the lovely ladies who have raised us and honoring yourself for being a mother. BUT...how does one do any of that...

Mother's Day - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Oh Mother's Day.  A day of celebrating and honoring the lovely ladies who have raised us and honoring yourself for being a mother. BUT...how does one do any of that...

Dating (and remarrying) after Death

Dating (and remarrying) after Death

This is a topic that can be such a strange topic for many people because it becomes VERY opinionated towards the griever by all the outsiders looking in "thinking" they know...

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Dating (and remarrying) after Death

This is a topic that can be such a strange topic for many people because it becomes VERY opinionated towards the griever by all the outsiders looking in "thinking" they know...

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Graduation - How can one cope with the feelings of this special day

Graduation - How can one cope with the feelings...

Graduation: the receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma.  This is what google says graduation means.  Well, my meaning of graduation is completely different and my feelings around it...

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Graduation - How can one cope with the feelings...

Graduation: the receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma.  This is what google says graduation means.  Well, my meaning of graduation is completely different and my feelings around it...

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Grief journaling how to's and realizing there are no rules

Grief journaling how to's and realizing there a...

How many of you journal here? Do you journal daily or weekly?  Do you prefer a prompted journal or more of a freestyle notebook journal?  Did you know I'm creating...

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Grief journaling how to's and realizing there a...

How many of you journal here? Do you journal daily or weekly?  Do you prefer a prompted journal or more of a freestyle notebook journal?  Did you know I'm creating...

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What's NEW with Butterflies + Halos

What's NEW with Butterflies + Halos

This blog is going to be light and airy after a few weeks of "heavy" blogs.  I'm going to share what I am working on behind the scenes and what...

What's NEW with Butterflies + Halos

This blog is going to be light and airy after a few weeks of "heavy" blogs.  I'm going to share what I am working on behind the scenes and what...