"Donna, A Photo Memoir of Love and Loss"

"The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That's how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I'll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I'll become saccharine and won't develop much compassion for other people's suffering. Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which helps make compassion possible." Francis Weller

Donna, my wife of 28 plus years, died August 7, 2011. I ache for my loss. Her death pierces my heart. I miss the life we had and rue the one I have today. That is my emotional baseline.

There are days when my memories are churning foaming rapids drowning me. Other days they are calm circling eddies. When I allow those memories to seed themselves in my  heart and not roil my life I realize there is nothing quite like missing Donna in the present.  

This web site and the memoir is for Donna, for me, and for you. This is where I plumb the depths love and loss. It is where my grief journey and work reside. Most of all this is a place for memories and love. Hope lives on these pages because of love. 

Bring your memories. Bring your hope. Sharing your memories with me. Sharing is fundamental to our grief work and how we navigate our loss. 

Donna, A Photo Memoir of Love and Loss is for anyone who has lost someone. 

My memoir of Donna: “Donna, A Photo Memoir of Love and Loss”