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The Art of Grieving for Children of any Age

by Sheila Collins | Sep 7, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Our Children, pets, Rituals, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body

As I was walking my dog Cody one morning this summer, he started to pay attention to something underneath one of the bushes that line a communal driveway in our neighborhood. Looking over at the spot I identified a small rock and a feather, and moving closer,...

Art As Medicine – Consider Poetry

by Sheila Collins | Aug 11, 2022 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, Duality, Family, Good Will Come, Grieving, Improvisation, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, The Art of Grieving

I’m not a poet though I’ve often wished I were one. To say profound things succinctly, to be able to express the musicality of images, to highlight the rhythm and tone of words. And now as I’m learning, to be able to create what J. S. Mill claimed of Wordsworth’s...

How Art Helps Us Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Jul 21, 2022 | Duality, Environment, Family, Grieving, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, The Art of Grieving

“Will this ever be over?” It’s a question we ask ourselves, each other, and the universe, when challenges and unpleasant situations persist, way beyond our patience to deal with them. In recent weeks, two different friends, in different parts of the country traveled...

Resources for Grief’s Seasons

by Sheila Collins | May 13, 2021 | Art & Life, Duality, Environment, Good Will Come, Grieving, Personal Stories, Resilience, The Art of Grieving

I came across a photo I took last fall while hiking in the Laurel Highlands in Pennsylvania. Looking at it now, I feel again the chilling breeze, the dangerously slippery wet leaves underfoot, the disappointment that the fall colors we expected to see in the high...

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Stronger?

by Sheila Collins | Jan 28, 2021 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Personal Stories, Resilience, Technology

I have an anniversary coming up, as do you. Depending on where you live in the country, or what country you live in, your anniversary date might differ a bit, but mine is the middle of March. As I write this it comes to me that March 15 was in Roman times, the Ides of...

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