Sunday, March 24, 2019 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM We all experience grief and loss. But we don’t always acknowledge that these require time to grieve. We are busy with our lives. We brush it aside. These little deaths add up and take away a piece of us. If we don’t deal with them, we can shut down or hurt the people who are closest … Continue reading Hope and Healing Grief Workshop with Descansos
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 7:00 PM Intentionally create the space for someone special if you desire! Do you want to AMPLIFY love in your life? Whether you’re single or with a partner, simple but magical ways to amplify the love you experience every day. Join this fun, inspiring workshop and discover 10 keys: -Ways to LOVE yourself and LIVE right now! -HOW to attract LOVE … Continue reading How to Attract Love into your Life Workshop
Sunday, January 20, 2019 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM I have special rituals to mark the end of one year and prepare for the fresh New Year where ANY and ALL things are possible. And I want to share them with YOU. This is our journey together. OUT with the OLD and IN with the NEW. Together we will consciously create YOUR year – your … Continue reading How to Have a Brilliant New Year!
More than anything, my husband would love to be able to walk again. We pray every day for the miracle. And we live our life in the meantime. Below are things you may not have known about living life in a wheelchair or being a paraplegic. 1. It’s more than just not being able to walk. Kind people want to make themselves feel better about their loved … Continue reading 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Paraplegics
Whoops I did it again!Being the parent of an adult child is harder than being a parent of young children! Yes, believe it! Adult children have the power to hurt you deeply and you have no recourse. You can’t send them to their rooms!When your kids are little, you have total control. I mean, you obviously can’t control their bowel movements, one of the few things … Continue reading Nope, being a parent never ends but the relationship changes
So this happened the other day. I pull into my parking lot at work in the morning and find that most of the parking spots are full. This usually means a new training class has started for Certified Nursing Assistants. I drive to the back of the lot, noticing that the handicapped spots are all taken as well, which is unusual. Since Arthur had his … Continue reading Think Twice Before Parking in that Handicapped space!
They’re just a pair of shoes. Bronze sandals with sparkly buckles. They’re comfortable and cute. But that’s not what sets them apart from my other shoes. Whenever I slip into them, I remember that I bought them in a little boutique in Sea Isle, New Jersey 2 years ago when shopping with Angel. We both bought a pair of upscale shoes. She said, “These are … Continue reading Just a pair of shoes
Angel and Angela. Angel and Angela. Angela. I’m still in denial about my friend Angel’s death, the first stage of grief according to Kubler-Ross. She recently passed away from cancer, her third bout. We graduated from high school in 1976. And after that, every time I’d run into someone from the our Philadelphia neighborhood, they would always ask, “How’s Angel?” No matter how much time had … Continue reading Grieving A Lifelong Friendship.
Did you think it would be over? After the funeral? The weekend after my mom died, there was my niece’s wedding. And a trip to Cape May to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. And work. And planning the funeral. My energy poured into planning the funeral, the final thing I would do for my mom. Choosing the songs, the readings. What would mom want? And … Continue reading The grieving – is it ever over?
Someone recently asked about the blog I’d been keeping during the end of mom’s life. She was looking for more posts. I started a few after mom passed but never finished. So I’ll start with today and work backwards now. And my posts may be out of order. But sometimes that’s just the way life is. It doesn’t happen neatly and orderly. Rarely does it … Continue reading I miss my Mom. The First Christmas without her.
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 