Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Mari Dias’
GriefSpeak: A Christmas Story: Do You Believe? – Dr. Mari Dias
By: Dr. Mari Dias A Christmas Story: Do You Believe? “Some of us are given many signs, yet many refuse to believe them” When Patricia’s father fell and broke his hip this Fall, she was reminded of her mother’s identical injury, along with the subsequent, anticipated problems that led to mom’s death. Patricia was very…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Death Ends a Life, Not a Relationship
By: Dr. Mari Dias “The Waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Hard Promises, 1981) (Names and locations changed to preserve confidentiality) Sarah was ten years old when…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: The Gift of Goodbye
By: Dr. Mari Dias “We long for the gift of goodbye… Where do we go from here? The sadness won’t just disappear Watching the clock it never stops Where do we go from here?” (Lyrics by Joe Matira/Dean Petrella, July 2020) “Tis the season. Children have crafted their wish lists for Santa, families and friends…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Beauty in the Broken Places, a COVID Love Story
By: Dr. Mari Dias Our collective hearts are broken with the loss of Ray and Joan Connery. They met on a Cape Cod beach and within a year, they married. Five children, 7 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, and sixty-six years of marriage later, they both died at the age of 93 from COVID. Ray was…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: A Good Time for An Angel Story: To Cindy – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Dr. Mari Dias “…There’s a time that I remember when I never felt so lost When I felt that all the hatred was too powerful to stop Now my heart feels like an ember And it’s lighting up the dark I’ll carry these torches for ya That you know I’ll never drop… Cheers to…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: The Perfect Storm
By: Dr. Mari Dias “I read the news today, oh boy….” ( The Beatles, “A Day in the Life” 1967) “An election incomplete. A divisive country. COVID. New RI regulations. A subjective media. Financial instability. Daylight savings time. Interrupted traditional education. A Halloween with a blue moon. A dysmorphic Thanksgiving.” These are some of the issues…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: “Life Before Life”
By: Dr. Mari Dias “It is not surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection” (Voltaire) Angela, a 60-something year-old grandma whose husband died recently shared a story with me that piqued my curiosity. I believe it will do the same for you. Angela’s granddaughter, Patricia, a bright, precocious 8-year-old spends…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Memento Mori
By: Dr. Mari Dias “The choice was made Plans were laid To exit life To end this strife Ingest the pills Depression kills You fade way So still you lay Fading into Darkness Into an Endless Sleep But wake to find yourself alive You have failed at suicide” (Tearstained, Final Thoughts, 2003) Memento Mori It…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Call the Death Doula
By: Dr. Mari Dias “I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello” (Beatles, Hello, Goodbye, 1967) Many of you have watched “Call the Midwife” either on BBC or more recently on Netflix. Many are familiar with the term “midwife”, or ‘doula” as someone who is trained to assist women in childbirth. A death…
Read MoreGriefSpeak: Grieving Youth – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer on grief and grieving Grieving Youth “Age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in a different dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with Stars invisible by day.” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (Photo: Tree of Life, Gustav Klimt) My refrigerator was once covered…
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