by Maria Monay | Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
A person you care about has lost someone and now it’s been more than a few months. Bringing food no longer seems needed, they’re starting to connect with friends and life, and it almost seems like things are starting to go back to a version of normal. You’re unsure...
by Maria Monay | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Thank you for being here. I’m assuming you’re doing your best to be part of the support system and that’s why you’re reading this now. The fact that you care enough to try to learn what to do and not do says a lot about you. It’s hard to watch someone else hurt. It’s...
by Maria Monay | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Pets hold a special place in our lives, whether they have fur, feathers, or scales. They provide us with a type of relationship that most people cannot: genuine unconditional love, and unconditional non-judgment (for the most part – several of my own pets have...
by Maria Monay | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
I love art as a way to express how we feel. Language does not always have the words to describe our internal states and at times we can find communicating difficult, if not impossible. It can be a relief when someone else has found a way to illustrate how we feel, and...
by Maria Monay | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Most people don’t follow the five stages, and that’s okay. The original book that first discussed the five stages in 1969 is actually called, “On Death and Dying” by Elizabeth Kubler Ross. She was studying people who they themselves were dying – it was not about their...
