by Donna Berger | Feb 27, 2022 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
I hadn’t been back ‘home’ to Connecticut in three years. But I traveled up a week ago to visit my sister, whose husband passed away recently. While I was there my son, Michael, marked another ‘heavenly birthday.’ My sister never misses a birthday or... by Donna Berger | Feb 6, 2022 | Grief, Uncategorized
There are times of loss, change and transition throughout our lives. What is of critical importance is how we respond in those times. Do we hold white-knuckled onto a past that no longer exists? Do we miserably drag ourselves through the present, and have a dismal... by Donna Berger | Jan 8, 2022 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
The new year rang in and we’re taking down the tree. It’s the calm after the storm. But for many there were storms within the storm. Some may have been blustery, and others passed without notice. Holidays with family and friends can create the moments that memories... by Donna Berger | Oct 24, 2021 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
This week, my husband John and I were remembering back on the time after my first husband, Gerry, and our children, Dawn, Stephen, and Michael lost their lives in a fiery car crash. John related how my therapist asked him, “how does she not hate God?” When tragedies... by Donna Berger | Sep 6, 2021 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
Their pain is not forgotten. A Gold Star Tribute: August is a heart-wrenching month for me and it just got worse this year with the senseless deaths of 11 US Marines, an Army Soldier and a Navy Medic. To our Gold Star families – I am so very sorry for...