Welcome
The Widows’ Walk
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for widows. Predisposition or precognition, I’ve never been sure, but throughout my life I’ve gravitated toward the presence of women who have survived and even thrived after the loss of a life partner. Early in my twenties, visiting for…
A Question of Faith
Even though I was Ordained to the Unitarian Ministry in 1996 (and was a dedicated layperson for years before that) it’s important to me that this website is for everyone. Whether you’re a person of faith who follows a specific religion and its teachings or are simply trying to live a good life, each one…
Nothing Helps and Everything Helps
A dear colleague, The Reverend Dr. Alan Deale once said to me something that was a great help to me in my ministry. Alan had lost not one, but two wives to cancer before he had the incredible good fortune of falling madly in love with my friend Kathleen Hunter with whom he shared more…
Finding your way through the widows walk
Feelings, responses and help in facing grief’s first difficult days (and nights!)
Navigating the changes that loss and bereavement bring
Rituals for Love, Loss and Remembrance
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
Emily Dickinson