Archive for Planning for the Holidays

Today's guest author is Michal Baitz. Michal is the founder and facilitator of The Mending Word, a healing space for grieving and…

After losing a loved one, the holidays go from joyous to jumbled. Many people feel they have to navigate a…

The other day I did a Google search looking for articles about spending the holidays alone. What I found was…

You hoped and prayed, you wished on a star, you stuck your head in the sand, you ignored your calendar,…

Mother's Day is a quintessential happy-sad day for me.  I have two endlessly enjoyable daughters who give me lovely cards…

So, you are thinking about skipping the holidays altogether. Let me assure you: You wouldn't be the first and you…

Friends, the time has come. Gather up your emotional armor and summon all your strength, for it is the holiday…

For me, Easter isn’t the first holiday that jumps to mind when discussing how hard grief can be on holidays…

There's no way around it - after someone important dies the holidays are never the same again. Traditions, events, parties,…