Eight Ways to Be There for a Loved One in Crisis
There are moments when life changes forever. A flash, a pivot, a New York minute. Through a phone call or a social media post
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January 28, 2021
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The Sacred Rite of Touch
I spent September 2019 to June 2020 doing a hospital chaplaincy residency in Minnesota, many miles away from my family in New
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January 20, 2021
How 2020 Helped Me Become a Better Human
Oprah equates life to a classroom. Our experiences and relationships are “lessons.” We have boundless opportunities to
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December 27, 2020
Choosing an Intention Word Each Year Helped Heal Me
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. Every January 1st, I politely yet firmly invite the whole New Year’s resolution machine to
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December 26, 2020
How Grief Changed Once I Became a Mom
They say becoming a mom changes you, but for anyone who hasn’t birthed, fostered or adopted a child, those words can’t even
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December 6, 2020
Alzheimer’s Took My Mom’s Life. The Pandemic Took Her Funeral.
If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you decide? Could you
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October 11, 2020
It’s Been Almost 20 Years – A Prayer of Remembrance
“Remembrance begins with deep, personal identification. It begins with remembering the affliction of [others], and marking
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September 11, 2020
National Grief Awareness Day
As Sweatpants & Coffee’s favorite (/only) hospital chaplain, of course I wanted to write our National Grief Day piece.
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August 30, 2020
Eight Things You Should Know About Grief and Loss
Grief is a word we don’t use often. When we do it is in hushed tones, a whisper, as though afraid to admit its existence.
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August 11, 2020
That’s What She Said | Choosing Radical Acceptance to Soothe Grief
I have long been fascinated by dreams and their interpretations. A global pandemic and quarantine has brought my dreaming
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May 27, 2020
