Archive for December, 2009

29 Dec

New Years Wishes and Dreams

Each year we get a chance to start over. Actually, each moment is a chance to start over, but we, as humans, like the symbolic nature of the new year.
The new year is a wonderful thing. What are you going to take on? What are you going to wish for? What are you going to [...]

23 Dec

Merry, Happy Christmas!

I wish everyone peace.
Love.
Happiness.
Healing.
Forgiveness.
Strength.
Closure.
New openings.
Joy.
Joy.
Joy.
I love all of you!
Merry Christmas,
Alexandra

16 Dec

How Sadness and Joy Can Exist in the Same Moment

Christmas trees.
Ho ho ho’s and happy songs.
Family and hearth.
Candles, Menorahs, and twinkling lights.
You can still find joy in these when you are suffering the grief of a lost pet. We have so many emotions. They do not take turns. More than one can exist in the same moment. You can be walking in the mall [...]

14 Dec

Getting Ready for the Holidays Without Your Pet

It can be a very difficult time of year without your pet. There may be an empty space, a lack of wholeness, a hyper-awareness of what is missing. But it doesn’t have to be.
There is a bittersweet joy in sorrow. The memories of the wonderful times shared. Those memories can come bubbling up when we [...]