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The Importance Of Grieving

Grief is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions. There are several stages to grief that individuals pass through after a loss. SHOCK AND DENIAL You will probably react to learning of the loss with numbed disbelief. You may deny the reality of the loss at some level, in order to avoid the pain. Shock provides emotional ...

Confessions From The Bathroom

Confession No. 1,039 Topic: coronavirus Dearest Porcelain Goddess, I bow before you, or rather, sit upon you with earnest gratitude for the physical separation you afford me from my children. We are a couple of weeks into our shelter-in-place mandate, but the “in place” aspect seems to elude my kids. They are never sitting still in one place — unless by “in place,” the mayor meant my face, in which case, yes, the children do this often, as they crawl all over me, making a fort out of my body and a lookout tower, their favorite place to perch, out of my head. If only they ...

Passion For The Gridiron, Enjoying The Game

Most people know I have a passion for baseball, but I’m a fan of many other sports too. I was excited for the upcoming Olympic Games. I love watching basketball — college more than the NBA. I love watching hockey, golf, and I’m a huge fan of football as well. My favorite teams are well-known to many. I’m a fan of the Cleveland Indians in the MLB, Notre Dame and Ohio State in college football, the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL, and the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. I loved coaching both baseball/softball, on youth, travel, and school modified and high school levels, and football in ...

Think About Something Different

Do you remember your first television? Ours was an Admiral that my great-grandfather had first. It had a large case, but a small screen — I think a ten-inch. We were quite happy with it but then what did we have to compare it to. My great-grandmother and a bachelor uncle had a nice television. I remember going to her house on Sunday afternoon and watching Roy Rogers. Although it was still in black and white, the picture was much larger than the model that we had at home. In the good old days, we had three channels — CBS, NBC, AND ABC. At home we had an antenna attached to the ...

Enjoying The Springtime Sounds Of Peepers

I always thought it was a colloquialism. Once I head the term at all. Or does it truly resonate all the way back to my childhood? I don’t remember any amphibians in North Platte — just sand in that part of Nebraska. I fear California was too densely populated to encourage much of anything in the way of wildlife. But in springtime here they resound happily. Peepers of course. The official name is Pseudacris crucifer, meaning cross-bearer, named for the dark cross which roughly forms an X on its back. I suspect most, if not all of us, welcome that happy chirp as the true door ...

Notice The Unsung Heroes

Congress passed and the president signed a $2 trillion “stimulus” bill. “Not enough!” shrieked politicians. They said the government must do more. They demanded President Donald Trump reactivate the Defense Production Act, a 1950 law that lets government force companies to make things. Trump hesitated. That upset lovers of big dictatorial government. They demanded the president order companies to make respirators, masks and other desperately needed medical equipment. CNN’s Alisyn Camerota joined the media mob asking “What’s the holdup!?” Then a White House press ...