It took me years to feel the aftershock from having great trauma in my life. I never asked for it, I don’t think anyone does. No one is immune to bad things happening, yet, everyone’s path to healing is different. I used to hear people say they became stronger, better people after a life-altering event. I found that nearly impossible to…
Author: Sandy Peckinpah
The Resilience Deep Inside Your Soul
This article was originally featured on The Huffington Post. One thing is certain, I still stumble over the question when people ask, “How many children do you have?” I dread the decision I have to make before I reply. Do I tell the truth? How much do I want to reveal? If I withhold the real answer, will I feel…
Healing Is Not On a Timetable
This article was originally featured on The Huffington Post. I heard someone say, grief isn’t a life sentence, it’s a life passage. It’s the one common human experience we all have at one time or another. But, we didn’t expect it to be the death of a child, did we? If you’re reading this, it’s likely you’ve lost a child…
Practical Steps and Tools to Survive the Loss of a Child
Once upon a time I had a perfect life…and then it wasn’t. One day, my son woke up with a fever and was dead the next morning of bacterial meningitis. Nothing evokes a more profound life-change than loss. When it’s a child, it’s called “the worst that can happen.” The death of my son changed every chapter of my book…