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How the Spiral is a Perfect Model for Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Jul 20, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Environment, Grieving, Meditations, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Spirtuality, The Art of Grieving

Spirals are found in every aspect of nature. They are seen in the unfurling of fern leaves, the shape of snail shells, the arrangement of flower pedals, the cochlea of the inner ear. Not just a simple circle, the path of the spiral changes levels as it grows or moves...

Remembering a Favorite Aunt as Part of the Art of Grieving Well

by Sheila Collins | Jul 6, 2023 | Celebrations, Community, Duality, Family, Grieving, History, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized, Women, Girls & the Feminine

The Fourth of July fireworks always remind me that summer has arrived, no matter what a struggle the spring weather had getting us here. Their nosy beauty also reminds me that my favorite aunt’s birthday is coming right behind. Aunt Dote died in 2004, shortly after...

Dying of a Broken Heart?

by Sheila Collins | Jun 8, 2023 | Family, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, Past Events, Personal Stories, Self-Care

“He died of a broken heart.” That’s the way my dad’s family always referred to my grandfather’s death. My dad was only 5 years old at the time, so he had little memory of that year when his dad died in the fall following his mother’s death that had occurred...

The Beach’s Life Lessons on the Art of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | May 4, 2023 | Celebrations, Environment, Gatherings, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Play

My friend Rose lived in landlocked Nebraska, but every six months or so, when the responsibilities of work and family would get to her, she’d head for the beach near Corpus Christi. When I was no longer a neighbor and had moved to Fort Worth Texas, she’s drive...

The Remembering Rooms

by Sheila Collins | Mar 23, 2023 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, Celebrations, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, History, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Stillpoint, Story-telling, Women, Girls & the Feminine

It was a Saturday, the first in a long time, when I wasn’t out of town, or too tightly scheduled to consider a variation in the day’s routine. I put the regional newspaper in the front seat of my car when I left for my exercise class, thinking that, after class I’d...

What’s Love Got to Do with it? (grief)

by Sheila Collins | Feb 9, 2023 | Celebrations, Grieving, History, Past Events, The Art of Grieving

Valentine’s Day, the one day on our yearly calendar set aside to mark and express the emotion of love has been celebrated for over 1500 years. Begun by the church to replace a February fertility festival, the feast of St. Valentine honors the brave monk who defied the...

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How the Spiral is a Perfect Model for Grieving

Remembering a Favorite Aunt as Part of the Art of Grieving Well

Dying of a Broken Heart?

The Beach’s Life Lessons on the Art of Grieving

The Remembering Rooms

What’s Love Got to Do with it? (grief)

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