Month: January 2018

There are times in life when multiple “griefs” collide producing a blizzard of complex emotions. It becomes difficult to sort through the feelings; one grief touches another and some days we feel like dominos tumbling out of control. It is in the stories of patients and families, friends and colleagues; a difficult diagnosis following a … Continue reading When a blizzard of grief arrives…

A few years ago I started a small annual pilgrimage to the north woods. The location lends a feeling of seclusion; a time to retreat, to crunch through the woods with my dogs and appreciate the lush green of July or the frozen snow globe of January. It is a time to silence the world; … Continue reading Desolate