Patience & Fortitude

Under the Desk

Under the Desk

I don't remember much about the time I spent living under my father’s desk. I have snatches of memory, here and there: crawling under it; getting out from under it to feed the dogs and myself; deciding that taking a pillow under there with me was allowed (giving...

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New Blog Post at Atheist Republic

My latest blog post for Atheist Republic is now online: We are All Grieving Futures. Please check it out and leave a comment, I would love to hear from you!

Senseless, Tragic, and Stupid

Senseless, Tragic, and Stupid

Talented, award-winning actor and all-round nice guy Phillip Seymour Hoffman died at some point on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 from (it is assumed) a drug overdose. He had a documented issue with addiction and so this goes down as another fabulous actor lost to drugs. I am...

I get to expert things?

I get to expert things?

I was talking to my colleague Jennifer Miracle about blogging and specifically about my upcoming debut as a columnist for Atheist Republic, where I will be writing about grief and mourning issues. I was talking about how I don't feel much like an expert on the topic,...

Accepting Fear

I don't follow too many celebrities on social media, since most of the time it's clear their posts are being ghost-written or, worse, nothing is being written at all. I like George Takei and Clark Gregg and, especially, Jada Pinkett Smith. Her facebook posts are...

Love is my eternity

The grieving atheist’s consolation is not in hope but in love. The theme of reunion runs through a lot of religions, and many people of faith rest the burden of their grief on the hope that someday they will be reunited with their loved ones. They believe that they...

Living as the afterlife

As a non-deist and skeptic, I view "after life" as the yawning, endless time that is experienced by those of us surviving the loss of a loved one: We are living after the life of someone else has ended. It's an important role for us. We are all the after-life that the...

What ‘Sacred’ Means

I was interested in reactions to this NPR 'Code Switch' story, "What Part of Sacred Don't You Understand?" Normally I don't read comments sections because therein lies madness, but in this case I made an exception. The topic is a sensitive one here in America,...

The Value of Life Before Death

A well done video of David Foster Wallace's Kenyon College commencement speech. It is worth watching and thinking about, offering up a thoughtful commentary on modern life and what we think about:

Salvation from Sin

A surprising title for an atheist blog about grief, but I find both concepts fascinating. I've wondered for years why we need them, why we created them in the first place. I joined a friend at a Unitarian Universalist service this morning, and was thrilled that the...

Poppa’s Boots

They are military boots, worn in and proud, and they get shuffled from corner to corner of my house because I can’t wear them, and I can’t get rid of them…

Tragedy changes us; Patience tempers us; Fortitude keeps us going.

Lessons in grief, crisis, and recovery from 30 years of life as an adult orphan from a GenX woman who has resentfully struggled every step of the way.

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