by Betsy Dane | Aug 17, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
Recently I had lunch with an old friend whose dad passed away five years ago. His parents lived in a house in a small town in the Midwest for many years, and she is struggling with her “recovery”, her moving forward, after losing her long time...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 15, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
One of the things I have learned through this journey called life is that there is an amazingly fine line between holding on to things that hold good memories and being a hoarder. When my father passed away over thirty years ago, while we had always considered my...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 12, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
This past week I went “home” to Sarasota. We had lived there for fifteen years before moving to Tennessee together to semi-retire. It was the first time I had really gone anywhere without my beloved Tom (other than moving out west) and I traveled with a...
by Betsy Dane | Jul 27, 2019 | Grief
For those of us who love dogs (and who among us doesn’t?), one of the most endearing things a dog can do is look at you with those soulful eyes and…tilt his or her head to one side. It might mean “I’m sorry”😥, or “What did you...