When I was a young child, maybe eight or nine years old, my Mom said something to me about the meaning of paying your last respects to those people whom you care about that has stayed with me my whole life. She was talking to me about a family funeral that she and… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Mental Health: A Sunny Escape
Dear Winter: Snow again?? Really?? Even though you are not my favorite season, I know there is no way around you and when the calendar signals that it’s your turn, I need to get ready for the temperature changes and the shorter days. I dragged out all of my winter geared and prepared myself to get in the habit of… Read more »
Thinking about Cupid
In Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of Venus, the goddess of love and this coming weekend is all about Cupid, a funny and fickle little guy associated with the warm and fuzzy feelings of desire, affection and love! What is this thing called love? Well, it’s one big powerful field of unbelievable emotion that practically knocks… Read more »
Earth Wind & Fire Remembered
Maurice White Courtesy of Getty Images The music that some bands create can be so distinctive that you know their songs right away. Almost instantly. As in when you hear the first few bars of a song, you know it’s theirs and theirs alone. Falling into this unique category would be the fabulous and funky music… Read more »
Silly Family Laughter
My 88-year-old Dad misplaced his checkbook last week and over the weekend a full-on, pull-out-all-the-plugs search effort was executed by our mom, me, my five siblings and even a few grandchildren. We asked our Dad a million questions about the last time he used the checkbook and the last time he remembered seeing it. We… Read more »
Blizzard Bad Behavior
In the interest of sharing the dark and the light of daily happenings, today’s post is about the things that life delivers to you and you just stand there and say “Why??????? Why the F is this happening to me????????” This past Saturday I was looking forward to my weekly yoga class since… Read more »
Guess Who’s Breathing?
I am. You are. Everyone is. If we don’t breath, then we’re in big trouble, right? But we can change the rhythm of our breathing depending on what’s happening to us. It sounds so simple doesn’t it? Just change. But I have found it takes practice. It takes being aware of what I’m doing. Many… Read more »
The Stillness of Snow
Photo Courtesy of ABC News In case you haven’t heard, the Washington, DC area received at least two feet of snow over the weekend. It started as small flakes on Friday afternoon and never stopped snowing until late Saturday night. As some of the local weather forecasters said, the nation’s capital was in the… Read more »
Best Friends To The Rescue
Random and spontaneous acts of kindness are never forgotten. The kind and generous acts that my friends have given to me throughout the years stand out as Technicolor slides in my memory bank. I will never forget the many wonderful gifts of spirit and self that have come my way when I was going through troubled times and… Read more »
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A blog about moving through grief by developing resilience, practicing wellness & finding the wicked funny side of life. Widow. Mom. Writer. Dancer.
