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Ritual Remembering

Posted on January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 by Billie
Ritual Remembering

Our conscious memory-making gave us a focal point for ritual remembering and helped each of us find the emotional closure we were missing.       

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My Retail Therapy

Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 by Billie
My Retail Therapy

I bought a cheap tube of mascara and put it on in the parking lot. That’s how desperate I was for retail therapy.

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My Dog Moon

Posted on May 5, 2021May 5, 2021 by Billie
My Dog Moon

My dog, Moon, is at the end of his life. I know this. I’ve known it for a while. But knowing it doesn’t make it easier, just more obvious.

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I’m Not Giving Up

Posted on September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 by Billie
I’m Not Giving Up

Everything in my world had fallen apart and I couldn’t imagine how I could put Humpty Dumpty back together again. So I gave up.

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Video: Ignite Your Creativity & Adapt

Posted on April 12, 2020April 13, 2020 by Billie
Video: Ignite Your Creativity & Adapt

Billie reads a poem from her book and talks about how creativity helps her adapt to isolation and protect her mental health during the pandemic.

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How to move forward after becoming a widow

Posted on March 11, 2020February 1, 2022 by Billie
How to move forward after becoming a widow

I learned how to move forward after becoming a widow by following my instincts, trial and error, and some earnest soul searching.

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How to process grief

Posted on March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 by Billie
How to process grief

It has taken me a long time to learn how to process grief because it is part of my brain and my biology, the dark shadow of lost love.

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