Washington, DC’s historic Union Station I read yesterday that another bookstore — Barnes & Noble in Union Station — is biting the dust and it’s just incredible to me that a bookstore, in the nation’s capitol, in a train station, where you can buy a wide variety of things to read, is closing. I posted about this wonderful… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Homeless During A Hurricane
Jose Andres Jose Andres is an internationally recognized celebrity chef who owns and operates several restaurants in the Washington, DC metropolitan area: Jaleo, Zaytinya and Oyamel. It doesn’t matter which one you choose, all of them serve delicious and innovative menus. Personally, I love Oyamel and my son loves Jaleo. Andres, born in Spain, is a busy,… Read more »
Home Sweet Home
Yesterday was a well needed luxury: a whole day spent at home. I have not had one of those days for months and I really needed it. A day to catch my breath and try to put things back in place. A day with no schedule. A day of waiting for Hurricane Sandy to slam… Read more »
Oh Sandy — Please Be Kind
Let’s see…Hurricane Sandy, with all her power and threatening ability to destroy most of everything in her path, is currently working her way up the East Coast ready to hit land somewhere in the metropolitan DC area or thereabouts. The federal government has announced it is shut down for Monday and so is Amtrak, most of… Read more »
It’s Not What You Think
To show you how little I knew about loss and the grieving process, I thought that the first year after my husband’s death was going to be the hardest time that I would ever have to experience. My thinking was something along the lines of “If I can get the first year under my belt, then each year… Read more »
Bring On The Margaritas
Courtesy of Coastal Living It’s almost Halloween yet yesterday’s temperature here in Washington, DC hit 80 degrees. It is so hard to stay at my desk and work at the computer when I would rather go outside and take advantage of the incredible weather. All I want to do is leave my office and… Read more »
Finding Grief Support
I recently went back to the beginning of Cry Laugh Heal and read my the first post from 2010 and it brought all the crazy grieving feelings back to me: exhaustion, numbness, raw emotions, the scary future and sometimes even laughter! But it also reminded how great my support group was during that time and how… Read more »
Peace Is The Way
PEACE IS THE WAY By Alan Nordstrom “There is no way to peace; peace is the way,” Wise Gandhi said, by which I think he meant We have to be that which we seek, and play The role we would become with clear intent. For as I think and act so shall I be, And… Read more »
The Big 300
Today marks my 300th post. It’s a personal milestone and truly a huge deal for me. Big thanks go out to all of my family (especially my son, Ryan, who is my biggest blog cheerleader), friends and readers out there in the internet world who read Cry, Laugh, Heal. You give me more than you know 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.
