Our Mother Is Getting Married

Sharon and Erica share their experience handling the news that their mother is getting remarried.  Their father has been deceased since 2013 so this was quite the unexpected turn of events for their family.  However, they truly want to see their mother happy...

Struck By Lightning Twice

Grief is a part our human experience here on earth.  No one will leave this world without a grieving experience.  And sadly some of us will have back to back grieving experiences which we compare to being struck by lightning twice. It’s devastatingly...

Insensitive Comments

The Sisters discuss how much more challenging grief can be when you are surrounded by people who make insensitive comments.  As a society, we are not taught how to talk about grief which is so sad because grief happens every single day and yet it’s...

I Didn’t Want to Make You Feel Bad

The Sisters discuss how it’s so common for people to avoid calling grievers for the special days and anniversaries that honor their loved ones and the most common response they get is “I didn’t want to make you feel bad.” But what’s so...

It’s Okay to Talk About Your Funeral

The Sisters have committed their lives to normalize people talking about grief.  In addition to that we need to normalize talking about our own funerals.  Funeral planning is such a devastating experience and if we had not talked to our loved one ahead time...

There are Layers to our Grief

The Sisters discuss how most people are not aware that there are layers to our grief.  It is not uncommon for people to have to grieve every single layer of our relationships.  Erica shares how although she grieved Donovan as her son, but then she had to...