What changes are you prepared to make, here and now, in how you think, in how you vote, in how you spend, and in how we relate to one another?

I’m terrified of what is happening in our world, and how little we seem to care, or if we do care how little we seem to be able to do about it. Daily I am seeing scientific reports and projections of just how soon environmental or societal collapse, or both, will occur. Possibly by 2040.

Whether you are grieving the death of a loved one, or you facing your own death, or you are simply grappling with the nature of mortality, grief can arise with its many emotions. They are all valid. However, you feel, it is valid and it is okay to feel how you feel.

There simply was nothing to grieve. I missed her constantly, the absence was palpable and painful, but that was all. She had lived a healthy, long, diverse life, and she had died peacefully surrounded by love, purring her way out. We should all be so lucky.