Greetings from Alison Wiley here in Portland, Oregon. I'm a writer/doer/thinker who lives happily by putting people, nature and God ahead of accumulating more stuff. Read more →
“Can you imagine Alayna and Jeremiah being gunned down at school?” Thor said last night. We were sitting pressed together on the couch. He was referring to our friends next door, 8 and 10. We had just watched the tape of President Obama’s speech on the Newtown shootings. I
Tags: grief·grief absorption·Newtown massacre·prayer·Sacred Corner
I was walking down 12th street in Salem last week when one of the waves hit me, and out of the blue I was crying. I kept walking, pretending all was well, masking the grief even as I welcomed it. Crying lets me feel closer to my mother, who died on March 21. What triggered [...]
Tags: grief·privacy·Sacred Corner
‘Kindness’ is the single word I used yesterday in the subject line of the email I sent to my work-group. I had finally returned to the office after the death of my mother to be greeted by hugs, a sympathy card with personal notes from everyone, and a pot of vibrant yellow daffodils. I thanked [...]
Tags: death·grief·kindness·Leonard Cohen
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