Grieving Around the Holidays

Grieving Around the Holidays

Grieving around the holidays is the norm for many, but it’s not just humans who grieve. Jodi Picoult’s “Leaving Time” is one of my favorite books. It’s about a mother-daughter relationship where the mother is an elephant researcher. Already being a huge fan of...
Ten Tips to Survive the Holidays

Ten Tips to Survive the Holidays

You don’t have to be Scrooge to hate the holidays. In A Christmas Carol, we learn that Ebenezer used to be a nice boy who became bitter through parental neglect and brittle through his emotional dependence on his sister. He was the product of a dysfunctional...