by dianeg | Nov 2, 2013 | Diane's hikes, Family Ceremonies
Fall is a shoulder season here in Colorado — the transition journey from summer to winter, warmth to cold, light to dark. I squeezed in one last hike in the mountains on the last weekend of September, climbing through rain to feel the snow at the top of a...
by dianeg | Oct 7, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
How do you honor what you hold sacred? Ah…this may be a difficult question! Are there symbols you have collected that indicate what you hold sacred? Are there personal rituals that honor what you revere? There probably are, but you might not have thought...
by dianeg | Jan 6, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
The death of a family pet that you have shared life’s ups and downs with for several years is a painful loss. Too often, the people around us don’t express the sympathy that they should for the genuine grief that accompanies this loss. In December, I was...
by dianeg | Jan 1, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
On December 27, my family gathered with five families whose daughters had grown up together, to honor our families’ transitions to “empty nests”. With the girls heading out into the world, all of us were aware of a transition for the parents as well...
by dianeg | Aug 2, 2012 | Family Ceremonies
We honored Aunt Helen on Sept 22 at a family dinner in Pittsburgh. Family members read her family story, which we divided into her childhood years, her young adult years, and recent years. we all learned things we had never heard before about moments in Helen’s life...
