"Only the Lonely..." and "What becomes of the broken hearted? Who have love that is now departed?" Those songs were spot on for me. What about you? I was just reading an article that suggests that the risk for heart attack or stroke goes up during the first few weeks of bereavement. "Our study shows the likelihood of a heart attack or stroke doubles in the crucial 30-day period after a partner's death for those experiencing loss of a loved one," said study co-author Sunil S

The light at the end of the tunnel could be a train...or could it be progress? I guess it depends on your perspective. I was emptying yet another box (seems like hundreds since we moved a few months ago). It must be progress though because there is only about 20 boxes left to go through. In this particular box I found a file with a sheet of paper entitled "Tasks of Grief" written by a psychologist by the name of J. William Worden. I found it interesting. It gave me something

This has been a tough year. Sadly, I know that is true for many of you reading my blog. This photograph of an old timey looking barn in the country in the dark is how sadness is depicted in my head. It is alone...the sky isn't completely dark but mostly...it looks remote but it is sitting on a nice green hill so it isn't all bad. Sorry for rambling---grief tends to do that to me. Anyway, sometimes life just hands us a big steaming pile of poo right? And we have to navigate a