Grief

We can all thank RBG

Grief by Laura RSeptember 19, 2020September 27, 2020

Rest in Power, John Lewis

Grief by Laura RJuly 18, 2020September 20, 2020

Mental Health Month

Grief by Laura RMay 24, 2019October 10, 2020

The friend I never had

Grief by Laura RJune 9, 2018September 20, 2020

Grief by Laura ROctober 21, 2017September 20, 2020

“There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.” –Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic I received news recently that a childhood friend had passed away. We often told people that we’d been friends since the 2nd grade, although neither of […]

Sweet Bun

Grief by Laura RSeptember 7, 2017September 20, 2020

Grief by Laura RMay 27, 2017September 20, 2020

Birthday #8

Ugh. It’s been a tough day. It remains that way. Every, damn year. I mistakenly used to think each year the day might get easier, but I’ve come to accept that it can’t. His loss will always bear an immense amount of weight. Instead, I just prepare for that fact and let the tears […]

Grief by Laura RJune 4, 2016September 20, 2020

Rest in Power: Muhammad Ali

“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another […]

Grief by Laura RMay 27, 2016September 20, 2020

Seven Today

You would have been 7 today. You’d be in first grade. Learning to ride a bike on your own. Free from harm, free from suffering. Looking up to superheroes. Like Superman, our little Superman. You’d be starting to show more independence. Able to tell time. To know the days, the weeks, the months of the […]

Grief by Laura RJuly 10, 2015September 20, 2020

To Ginnie, With Love

A year ago today, we said goodbye to this sweet baby. This picture was taken on our last night together. I’ve missed you every day. I miss hearing your nails click on the floor as you came running to greet me when I got home. I miss hearing your tail thump on the floor, as […]

I’ve missed you, Jack

Grief by Laura ROctober 5, 2014September 20, 2020

Grief by Laura RFebruary 3, 2014September 20, 2020

RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymor Hoffman was a talented actor, pure genius, gifted and prolific. At just 46, he lost his beautiful life, and we lost him, to addiction. While Hoffman’s life was celebrated by many, there are countless more souls, tormented by pain of addiction, that go unnoticed every day. Drug overdoses kill more people than car […]

Grief by Laura RJanuary 19, 2012September 20, 2020

What is Karma?

We hear about Karma quite a bit – usually that it is “a bitch” – or a “mother f**ker” – or someone will “get karma back” – yet we rarely understand that “Karma”. It is severely underrated and vastly misunderstood. Sometimes we think of Karma as the invisible hand of God (the God from the […]

Grief by Laura RDecember 13, 2011October 16, 2020

Fail. Forward. Faster.

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just […]

Yoga Sucks by Laura RAugust 22, 2011September 20, 2020

As the Pendulum Swings

Within us all exists a balance of dark and light. When the pendulum swings too hard towards the dark side of life, it will inevitability return back towards the light with equal and opposite force.Recently, as I was rising towards glory, my ego reached the limit of self-righteousness and the pendulum veered back with such […]