Opening My Heart to Love Means Opening My Heart to Grief
By: Cami Thelander, Certified Grief Coach, Community Engagement Leader, Confident Grief Coach School Father’s Day has always been a time when I feel especially connected to my dad. He died when I was 11 years old, yet I still carry a deep belief that he continues to “parent” me. His death has shaped the way […]
Mother’s Day: A National Holiday or a Daily Reminder?
Do you know the history of Mother’s Day? I love to research the history of holidays and wondered how Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and all those “… Days” came into existence. Apparently in the United States, Anna Jarvis organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration in 1908 to honor her late mother, Ann Reeves […]