721 days to exhale

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on October 9, 2024 It’s taken me almost a year to finish writing this blog post. There’s a lot of different variables packed into the box Continue Reading →

The final stage of the grief process isn’t what I imagined it would be

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on March 20, 2023 I’ve written about the different stages of grief many times during my own journey through it. I became all too well acquainted Continue Reading →

In order to put yourself back together again, you have to let your grief break you apart

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on February 19, 2023 It’s been just over 16 months since Kenny died. I spent most of that time in a deep pit of grief and Continue Reading →

Don’t unpack and live there

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on October 23, 2022 When I was younger, my mother told me how her father’s brother had been killed in World War II. My grandfather had Continue Reading →

What I learned in the last 365 days

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on October 10, 2022 Yesterday was one year since Kenny died. One whole, entire year. That year went by faster than the blink of an eye. Continue Reading →

How can you be gone…..you were just here

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on October 9, 2022 Today is that day…..the one I’ve been dreading for the last year. It’s been exactly one year since you died. This day has hung Continue Reading →

When you can’t stop the downward spiral it’s ok to ask for help

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on October 2, 2022 There are times in our lives when what lies in front of us is so hard to take that we don’t know Continue Reading →

I wonder what birthday celebrations up in Heaven look like

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on August 29, 2022 Tomorrow is your birthday. You would have been 59 years old. Most people were surprised when you told them how old you Continue Reading →

The end of one thing is always the birth of something else

Originally published on www.LisaSaxton.com on August 21, 2022 The cycle of life works exactly in this way–the end of one thing is always the birth of something else. Although that ending can Continue Reading →