Disenfranchised Grief Have you ever experienced a loss so heartbreaking and no one was there to console you, to hold you, to hear you, to listen to your story, to cry with you, to help mend your broken heart? There … Continue reading →
I have been listening to versions of Turn! Turn! Turn! since Pete Seeger took the much quoted biblical passage from Ecclesiastes and made it into a song in the 1950s. In 1965 it became an international hit as recorded by … Continue reading →
Click on the Title of an article to download a PDF that you can print. The Colors of Grief April 2019 Enough Is Enough! Not Another Loss! March 2019 What’s Happening? Am I Going Crazy? February 2019 Can We Talk? … Continue reading →
Following the death of her husband of 26 years in May of 2017, Marianne Simon began Poetic Plantings Publishing as a “the first step in the journey of all that I am still becoming.” They call it that – “the … Continue reading →
Spring is finally here! Winter felt like forever this year. Now, we’re watching the miracle of Nature as life slowly comes back to our landscapes that were changed by the harshness of Winter and natural disasters. The charred California mountains … Continue reading →
When a person experiences multiple deaths of loved ones within a short period of time, the pain can feel like too much to bear. Not only are you grieving for one loss, now there are two… for some, maybe more. … Continue reading →
Last month, members of the HOPE community were invited to a screening of the short film, Eve, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Susan Bay Nimoy and HOPE Connection’s Executive Director, Dr. Jo Christner. The film was especially relevant to the … Continue reading →
A guest came to visit uninvited without so much as a knock at the door. Grief arrived… bathed in the empty stillness left by an aching absence, my new companion rests comfortably among reminders of earlier times. Allowing me … Continue reading →
I eat meals standing in the kitchen Cause that’s what I do When I sit at the dining room table I still expect to sit down next to You.
You’re invited! Leo Baeck Temple, 1300 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles 90049. 9:30 a.m. Coffee & Pastries. 10:00 a.m. Film Presentation of Eve Please join us on Wednesday, March 13 at Leo Baeck Temple for a screening of the short … Continue reading →
