Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Mari Dias’
GriefSPEAK: For Ukraine. We will lift you up. From Rhode Island to Poland – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias It was the 1990’s when I returned to school to study acting. Already a professor, I was an idiosyncratic, older student in a bevy of 20 somethings at the Community College of Rhode Island. I was an easy cast for the directors – the oldest character in the play! One of…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Happy Birthday, Bobby – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias “If you’re lost you can look and you will find me, time after time” (Cyndi Lauper) Tuesday, January 25th was my brother Bobby’s 68th birthday – his first in heaven. Only six months since his sudden and untimely death. My plan was to bring a butterfly on a wire (so it…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: So, this is Christmas – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias “So, this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun” (John Lennon) I have received several Christmas cards with letters enclosed. These letters summarize the highs, the lows, and the major happenings of the family members throughout the past year. There are births,…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: A Christmas passing blessing – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By Mari Nardolillo Dias Deb texted me a few days ago. “Downward spiral. I’m scared.” I knew she was referring to her husband, loving referred to as Joe Mac. His prostate cancer had metastasized to his bones. Anyone who has experienced living with and watching a loved one die of cancer knows the highs and…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: What color is your sadness? – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer “Privilege: Having the rare opportunity to do something that brings particular pleasure.” Grief has no color. Grief has no ethnicity, race, or culture. Nor does grief belong to a social or educational class or gender. Albeit there are different beliefs, values and funereal practices associated with death, death…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Mediums – Truth or Fiction – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias Angela has been meeting with a medium since her husband passed. He (Charlie) often “comes through” and speaks of memories and experiences that the medium could not possibly be aware of. Last week, Angela’s medium said Charles was asking about their twins, now adults. The medium was not aware that Angela…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Positive comfort of your words – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias “The beat of a heart is constantly moving in an up-and-down motion… The pulse of life is exactly what life is; the monitors depict life as it should be… Life is over when there is a flat line. If we have nowhere to go, no challenges to bring us up, no…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: The Scavenger Hunt – Mari Dias
By: Mari Dias, contributing writer on grief and grieving “My Memories are a funny thing, they still remember you, Like a faded photograph, a [version] of the truth.” (The Complaints, lyrics by Dean Petrella) Like many, I have participated in scavenger hunts as a child. I don’t know what made me think of this, but…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: We are all living and dying – Mari Dias
By: Mari Dias, contributing writer “Shadows are fallin’ and I’m running out of breath Keep me in your heart for a while If I leave you it doesn’t mean I love you any less Keep me in your heart for a while…” (Warren Zevon) Live and Let Die We are all living and dying. Simultaneously.…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Grief is Color Blind – Dr. Mari Dias
by Dr Mari Dias, contributing writer “Privilege: Having the rare opportunity to do something that brings particular pleasure.” Grief has no color. Grief has no ethnicity, race, or culture. Nor does grief belong to a social or educational class or gender. Albeit there are different beliefs, values and funereal practices associated with death, death itself…
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