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Ten Tips for Getting through the Holidays when You're Grieving a Loss Eat well. Drink plenty of water. Cut back on sweets, alcohol, and caffeine. Exercise. It reduces stress, and can help you sleep better. If you accept invitations to parties and dinners, ask permission to be flexible....
By Hilary Farquhar Whether this is time or snow, passing Through the night, earthward, Who can tell— White Darkness, Virginia Hamilton Adair I miss my cat. For as long as he lived with me, Tris would spend the first few hours after I brought my Christmas tree home sniffing every...
Please Leave a Message Lars Hunter, Bereavement Care Coordinator While on vacation recently I ventured out to western Pennsylvania to visit family. While I was there I had a chance to visit the Flight 93 National Park Memorial. The Memorial is a sacred place of honor for...
Life and Death in Community by Lars Hunter, Bereavement Program Coordinator As we enter a season of change it’s easy to write about trees and changing colors, but this year I’m going to write about birds. I frequently go to a local business where I use...
Rain, Rain, Go Away By Lars Hunter, Bereavement Care Coordinator As I sit here writing this piece in my office at 191 Canal St., I’m looking out the window at the drenching rain that continues to pour down and seemingly has no end. Last night and this...
By Lars Hunter, Bereavement Coordinator Ahh, that time of year we all wait for during the cold dark days of winter. The bleak landscape turns into a burst of flowering new energy, the sweet scent of flowers, the buzz of insects, and the songs of birds...
For many people, and especially for those who are actively grieving, this is a very difficult time of year. The clocks have been turned back, the darkness of night seems to begin to descend each day at 3pm and the nights are long. The evening...