LISA'S LEGACY

Recently, the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization in our city requested twenty grief bags for their clients and staff. The...

This year, I have been to four family funerals. Two aunts, one uncle and the husband of a cousin. Four funerals in one year is not so...

Murder, mystery, and strong characters who are easy to identify with make up the 509 Crimes series. The setting is in the state of...

A Lisa’s Legacy Ambassador is a person who has been identified as a caring and compassionate person. One who has a lot of empathy for...

When my husband and I were attending a 25 year celebration of the Children’s Grief Center, I asked a fellow attendee and friend how they...

The other day, a friend was telling me how she used to dread Mother’s Day. She was a young mother with two children under the age of...

What happens when there’s…little or no grief? A friend recently told me “ I feel sadness, but not grief over the death of my father”. ...

Often, the loss of a loved pet is like losing a family member. They were loved and they brought love and joy. They brought comfort when a...

This blog is not going to be about politics, although it is going to be about the president, Joe Biden. Over the past months, I have...

It’s been five years now since Lisa died. Sometimes a person can chose to evoke a memory and other times a memory just kind of sneaks in...

Dear Parents and Caregivers of children, Kudos to you for taking the time to bring comfort to a child during a time of grief. It is so...

A grief burst can be described as a time when something occurs that causes a wave of grief to wash over a person when it is least...

Grief is sort of like a chronic condition. Once you get it you will always have it. It can be managed and treated. But it will never go...

The mission of Lisa’s Legacy is to support someone who is grieving. The bags help to reach out to someone who is suffering from a loss....

Why Didn’t We Think of This Sooner? Recently, Lisa’s Legacy was applying for a grant from an organization that has a focus on young...

"It will be all right" My family and close friends recognize that we are coming up on five years since Lisa died. For me, the grief is...

A definition for numbness, according to Merriam-Webster is “unable to think, feel, or react normally because of something that shocks or...

During these most unusual times, my husband and I have experienced deaths in each of our families and with friends. My aunt, my husband’s...

During this time, many people are told to “shelter in place”, but there are others who are considered “essential employees” and need to...

I am a “high-risk” person. Over age 65 with underlying health issues. Therefore I am pretty much staying in and avoiding exposure to...