by Phillip Vazquez | Mar 15, 2022 | Article
“I don’t have to go in search of the pain of grief—it finds me. It’s when I deny or insulate myself from the pain of the loss that I shut down. Ironically, it is in being open to the pain that I move through it to renewed living.” —Alan D. Wolfelt Your feelings are...
by Phillip Vazquez | Mar 15, 2022 | Article
Someone You Love Has Died You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding the death and the person who has died. It is an essential part of healing. You are beginning a journey...
by Phillip Vazquez | Mar 15, 2022 | Article
“We are all mirrors unto one another. Look into me and you will find something of yourself as I will of you.” — Walter Rinder Love is a sacred partnership of communion with another human being. You take each other in, and even when you are apart, you are...
by Phillip Vazquez | Mar 15, 2022 | Article
“Whatever you do, you need courage.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Loss brings uninvited pain into our lives. In opening to the presence of the pain of your loss, in acknowledging the inevitability of the pain, in being willing to gently embrace the pain, you demonstrate the...
by Phillip Vazquez | Mar 15, 2022 | Article
“To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and...
by Phillip Vazquez | Mar 15, 2022 | Article
Few events in life bring about such warm and wonderful feelings of anticipation as the announcement of a pregnancy. As soon as you and your family learned you were expecting, you naturally began to have hopes and dreams for the future. These hopes and dreams take on a...