by Jackie Culley | May 9, 2021 | Blog - Embracing Adversity
In Lord of the Rings, when Froto is dying, Aragorn tells Arwen to stay with the hobbits while he takes Froto to get help. Arwen, knowing better, says, “NO, I am the faster rider, I’ll take him”. Aragorn tells her the road is too dangerous. Clearly...
by Jackie Culley | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog - Embracing Adversity
I am in the midst of learning about Grief and Mourning, however, …. Denial…. I have that mastered. I lived in denial for a good portion of my life, without even knowing it. I was so focused on the “tip of the ice berg”, I had no awareness of the...
by Jackie Culley | Sep 17, 2020 | Blog - Embracing Adversity
There is a trail along Logan River, close to our home there. For me, it is a mystical and powerful trail. I suspect Riley likes to spend time there. It’s not uncommon for me to feel his presence there. Sometimes his words come to...
by Jackie Culley | May 18, 2020 | Blog - Embracing Adversity
In the first days and weeks after Riley left I felt him near. It felt sacred. I felt like I only wanted to be in places of quiet stillness. It was as if noise or the words of someone who didn’t understand would close the door to the...
by Jackie Culley | Apr 9, 2020 | Blog - Embracing Adversity
Have you ever felt trapped? I don’t know that others would describe grief that way, but for me, it’s like being in a ‘Funhouse from Hell’. In fact, life, in its entirety feels like a series of mazes. When I come to what feels like the end of one maze, another is...
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