Shortly after my wife’s death, I went to the mountains by myself for a week and screamed as loud and often as I wanted to. But now, 7 years later, I no longer feel the anger I felt then. I now forget how easy it was to cut myself off from everyone an continue Reading...

Eight years ago, I found myself where many of you are today... in deep grieving mode and without the one person I could always rely upon to hear, support, and love me whenever I was facing a major challenge. I, like many of you, had to decide: Do I h continue Reading...

Since your wife died, how often have you been thoroughly confused by the kindness of women towards you? How often have you, even though you know it is wrong, thought there might be something there? I am not embarrassed to tell you that I had many suc continue Reading...

Just try to be angry and grateful at the same time. Hard, isn’t it? It is difficult because the focus on one interferes with your ability to do the other. Once we get past the numbness after our wife passes, we usually sink into a period of deep grie continue Reading...

Expectations In June, I had the privilege of attending the TAPS Massachusetts Men’s Retreat — my first TAPS retreat. My expectations of fitting in or finding connections among the group were honestly very low. My background — my loss — sets me apart continue Reading...

How often have you said or thought, “I can’t do that! I am not good at it and never will be.” For me, it was math. God, how I hated math. I was a classic straight “D” student through elementary, middle, and high school. Then, something happened. Duri continue Reading...

Fall brings anticipation for children starting school. Some children may be excited to see their school friends and teachers they have missed, for others it, may be the anticipation of meeting new children. They may have mixed feelings. However, for continue Reading...

Are you floating in a sea of grief with only a life vest of memories keeping you afloat? If you are not careful, that life vest can become a heavy weight of anger, regrets, and fear that drags you down into depression. Grief during the early stages c continue Reading...

When we grieve the loss of our loved one, it is not just emotional. It shakes who we are, and how we live our lives. We sometimes feel as if our spirit or soul were “trembling.” One important part is missing from our life, it changes the entire desig continue Reading...

We all live with loss experiences. We keep losing various things and people, while gaining new experiences, including the experiences of the losses. It affects, shakes, or moves our heart, mind and spirit deeply. How do we express such sensations, fr continue Reading...

How A Widower Faced The Loss Of His Wife, Became A Single Parent and Mastered 5 Coping Steps To Move Towards Happiness As part of the senior year tradition, as a blurb for the high school yearbook, you’re often asked to speculate where you’ll be in 1 continue Reading...

People often ask us if there are differences in how women and men grieve. We see this most often after the death of a child when the grieving styles of the bereaved parents can be quite different. Sometimes these differences can add yet another layer continue Reading...