This Thanksgiving we may find it difficult to celebrate. Thanksgiving, like the winter holidays is often thought of as “family holiday”. How many of us find it hard to express gratitude or even be able to find something to be grateful for when we are grieving? It can be difficult but I don’t believe it is impossible to find something to be grateful for while we are walking through the grief journey. What if we thought about those people who continue to “show up” on a regular

In my first article I wrote about some of the customs and traditions of Halloween, originally called Samhain (which is a Gaelic word pronounced “sow-win”), an ancient pagan, Celtic festival celebrating the harvest and honoring the upcoming dark part of the year. In this article I want to focus more on the spirituality of Halloween. Yes, this festival was about giving thanks for the harvest and being able to have enough food for the coming winter months, but it is also a day o