In a recent local theater arts guild production of the Wizard of Oz, I played the role of a munchkin reporter. Munchkins were the little people Dorothy first meets when a summer tornado spun her out of the mundane and ordinary life of a Kansas farm into the exotic, make believe world of Oz. So…
Posts Categorized: The Counselor Is In
Step Out of the Old
We get stuck in the box Any unknown creates a certain sense of anxiety. When we don’t know what to expect it can leave us feeling insecure and unsure as to what to do, what is expected of us and how we should proceed. It takes courage to step out It takes courage to leave…
A Gift to Celebrate
Easter is a time of celebration – celebration of the great gift given so many years ago by a God who loves us more than we can ever imagine. Easter is also a time of renewal, rebirth. We see the signs of rebirth every spring when seeds become beautiful flowers and new leaves emerge on…
Hope Requires Movement
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to…
Hope
“I cry out in the night before thee. Let my prayer come before thee; incline thy ear to my ear. . . I’m standing my ground, God, shouting for help, at my prayers every morning, on my knees each daybreak. For as long as I remember I’ve been hurting, I’ve taken the worst you can…
A Tribute to Friends
Two things sustained me when I was grieving the loss of my husband: my God and my friends. We were all traumatized. Because of distance and other intervening life events (our daughter had just given birth to her first child prematurely and our sons lived out of state), it was our friends who gave us the…
Humor Throughout Life
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.” H. G. Wells In designing a class for individuals struggling with chronic illness, our three member team examined all facets of life that were affected by chronic illness and pain. We all agreed there needed to be a balance between the adjustments illness and pain thrust…
Find Humor in Your Grief
“And finding something funny – anything – under those painful conditions is good. If you can laugh even while you feel pain, there’s hope.” Linda Richman In her book, “I’d Rather Laugh”, Linda Richman tells her story of pain from the losses in her life, culminating in the loss of her son and working through…
Finding Humor in Our Grief
Working Through the Pain – #2
Share with friends what is happening to you Working through pain in isolation may make the completion of healing more difficult. People who are grieving often feel they don’t want to burden their friends. But people who love you are also grieving and want to be a support for you. Talk to people. Even if you are…