"A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go."      Dave Matthews Band Grieving the loss of a relationship is difficult. It can be as devastating as when a loved one dies. When a relationship ends all future plans you made together die. And it is doubly difficult if you aren't the one who caused the end of the relationship. So many of my friends, relatives a

When you suffer the loss of a loved one it can bring up old wounds, unexpressed grief or anger from previous deaths. It can be difficult to grieve properly if you are angry. It could be anger at the person who died or someone involved with him or her. I recently I had a discussion with siblings whose sister died and now they are faced with the deadbeat ex. There was a lot of anger getting in the way of their ability to grieve the death of their sister. I told them how Elisa

I recently had a visit from one of my best friends. We have kept in touch since 8th grade.  That was a looong time ago. People are amazed at how well we nurtured our friendship. When Cory was really ill Michael helped me get enough money together to fly down and spend a few days recharging my batteries with him in Las Vegas. He did that many times. Michael also met the kids and I in San Diego and LA a few times when we were down visiting Disneyland and relatives. He took us