Traumatic Loss Archives : Winter Warrior

“She Be Back!!!”

My little guy was only eighteen months old when his big sissy was killed, yet […]

Perhaps the hardest part about losing a loved one is coping with the insatiable desire […]

In grief, we unwittingly tend to tip-toe around certain subjects, events, memories, people, places, and […]

Heart pounding like it’s going to expire, headache like you won’t live till tomorrow, stabbing […]

The Hardest Thing I Ever Did… It was not the tragic way you died, though […]

One of Josie’s favorites: “Sheep May Safely Graze,” by J.S. Bach… She would always hum […]

Trauma can be an opportunity to start anew. When we have all that was ever […]

How does one come to terms with the fact that they are grieving the loss […]

Goat therapy. By now, just about everyone has heard of it—at least if you are […]

Uninvited Guest is a small piece I composed several months after Josie’s passing. It took […]

A very long time. That’s how long Josie has been gone… Today came laced with […]

These writings probably seem random and scattered to those inexperienced with grief, but to those […]