A friend recently remarked to me, “Greg, there are no coincidences.” How true. I recently published two blog posts related to grief. I had time to sit with the idea, observing tremendous grief from afar while supporting a friend mourning a heartbreaking loss. Little did I know that a mere two weeks later, tragedy would …
I approached him, a lone figure standing in the grass, his head hung low. We embraced and I told him, “I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.” This encounter marked our first meeting after his terrible, unimaginable loss and I was prepared for it. I was determined to be present and to resist any impulse to …
What do you do, what do you say when someone you know has been struck by loss or tragedy? Unfortunately, over the past two weeks, I’ve had to ask myself these tough questions. The cellphone rang, the distress palpable in my wife’s voice, “Greg, there’s so much bad in the world. There’s too much pain.” …
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