Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Mari Dias’
GriefSPEAK: Mari’s Musings – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias Rock a bye baby on the treetop When the wind blows the cradle will rock When the bough breaks, the baby will fall And down will come baby, cradle and all. The conundrum of Roe vs. Wade is not clear cut. At least not to me. It is no surprise that…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: If Only – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias …”I need to know that things are gonna look up Cuz I feel us drowning in a sea spilled from a cup When there is no place safe and no safe place to put my head When you feel the world shake from the words that are said And I’m calling…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Objects of our affection – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD Giana saved the plastic bags from her elementary school lunches. Her mom would always wrap her sandwiches in sandwich bags, which Giana would save and collect. Five a week. Twenty a month if there were no holidays. 20 a month for approximately 10 months. 200 sandwich bags a year. Early…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Vol 2, Stories of Loss – Mari Nardolillo Dias
Dr. Mari Dias will launch new book, GriefSPEAK, Vol II at April 24th event at Greenwich Hotel, East Greenwich, RI.
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: 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…
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