Grief

Keepsake Stories:
Preserving meaning, memory, and connection
— one story at a time

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Caregiving asks us to hold many things at once. There are appointments to remember, medications to manage, schedules to coordinate, forms to complete, meals to prepare, and practical needs that often leave little space for anything beyond what must be done today. The responsibilities are real, important, and at times unrelenting.

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Recipe for Reflection

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Recipe for Reflection

This time of year often feels like walking a narrow, leaf-strewn bridge between the warmth of Thanksgiving and the bright, jangling chaos of December. Many people leap into the holly-jolly part long before the calendar catches up, but November has always carried a different kind of weight for me. It feels quieter. It feels more sacred, like a month that asks us to slow down and take stock of what we are carrying.

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Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart

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Psychiatrist and author Mark Epstein wrote the book Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart.  

The title always intrigued me. The book isn’t just for readers who have experienced trauma, grief, or the unraveling of their lives. It’s for learning how to sit with what’s broken. Epstein doesn’t pathologize pain. He honors it and names the sacredness of falling apart as a kind of spiritual practice. Something that may deepen your soul. 

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Five Things I Learned
from Día de los Muertos

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In La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, the first two days November smell like marigolds and desert sand and sea air. The plaza fills with laughter, candlelight, and men in glorious drag as Catrinas—lace fans, painted faces, and all. My parents lived there for twenty years, and every fall they wandered through the town square, admiring the ofrendas and soaking in that mix of reverence and joy.

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