I see, hear, smell, and feel dead people. That is, people, just like you and me who have died and returned to God. Your loved ones reside in the Spiritual realm – they’ve merely discarded their physical body. They are known to me as Spirit. Spirit often appears to me, without my trying – typically […]
Grief
SUICIDE
By: Suzanne Maiden, M.A., LPC Years before I became a therapist, I began my own therapeutic journey. My first therapist, Ed, said something so profound I never forgot. I was depressed and felt hopeless. I thought about suicide. I didn’t have a plan or anything, but it surely seemed as a possible option at the time. Although I […]
Complicated Grief
By: Suzanne Maiden Grief knows no time frame. Grief takes no prisoners – grief has it’s way with you and then tramples what is left. Autumn is a bitter-sweet time of year for me. I love the change in weather, I adore the vivid, vibrant colors and last expression of life before winter claims her last breath. The juxtaposition of […]
SPANAIR DISASTER: An Insider’s Experience
By: Suzanne Maiden Another plane crash. One hundred-fifty-three are dead, and thousands begin to grieve. Broken hearts bleed as pieces of mangled bodies and bits of aircraft parts are “bagged and tagged” and carried off to a make-shift morgue. Unfortunately, I am a card carrying member of the ‘losing a loved one to an aviation […]
Body Disfigurement
by: Suzanne Maiden My body is no longer beautiful. I am disfigured. Cancer surgery to remove a fist-sized tumor that attached itself to my lower spine, hip, and back of my stomach muscle – left my body rearranged. What a humbling, deflating reality. My right hip is significantly bigger than my left because the surgeon stuffed […]
Death of a Baby
Dear Zanny: I was wondering if there are any other mommies here that have lost a baby. My daughter was born still on June 1st and I am slowly getting back into my normal routine. I was just wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar and how they handled the situation. I have a […]