Category Archives: Remembering

Chubby baby skit – Happy 4th birthday Alexis!

Posted on March 9, 2013 by admin

Happy 4th Birthday Alexis! Here’s a look back to the Chubby Baby Skit your Auntie Joy did on you when you were only a few days old. What good laughs we’re having, in the present, and looking back at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthday, Family, Kids, Remembering, Videos | Tagged Alexis 4th birthday, Birthday, Cubby baby skit, good grief guru, Shawna Percy-MacDonald | Leave a comment

Idle No More World Day of Action

Posted on January 28, 2013 by admin

This is Good Grief Guru signing in from Barbados, and continuing my support of Idle No More even from across the ocean. What does Idle No More mean to me? It is a movement for all peoples who care about … Continue reading →

Posted in AT4A - A Thing For Another, Community, Idle No More, Movement/Cause, Remembering, Support | Tagged #J28, Barbados, Idle No More, Idle No More World day of Action, Nidhe Israel Museum | Leave a comment

A timely excerpt from The Little House on the Prairie – Chapter 18, The Tall Indian

Posted on January 13, 2013 by admin

I began to read my daughter Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura, who lived from 1867 – 1957, began writing an account of her childhood when she became a mother herself. Many may recall watching the … Continue reading →

Posted in Idle No More, Movement/Cause, Perspective, Remembering | Tagged Canadian settlers, Idle No More, Indians in Canada, Laura Ingalls, Little house on the prairie, who was here first Canadians or Indians | Leave a comment

UNREPENTANT: a documentary on Kevin Annett and the genocide of Canada’s native peoples

Posted on January 5, 2013 by admin

It’s hard to hear the truth sometimes, especially when it’s heavy. Knowing truth means we must make a decision to face it or turn a blind eye. Unrepentant is a documentary about the native Canadian genocide. This video shows the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anger, Community, Coping, Death, Grief, Idle No More, Movement/Cause, Remembering, Support, Trauma | Tagged Aboriginal culture, Canadian genocide, Hidden from History, Idle No More, Kevin Annett, native abuse in schools, residential schools, Unrepentant | Leave a comment

Getting a move on – Good Grief Guru moves to “The Healing Place”

Posted on December 14, 2012 by admin

There will be pieces of Neil I will always carry with me. There were pieces I needed to leave behind. Like the couch my grandparents bought us for our wedding gift. It was the spot my husband was sitting on … Continue reading →

Posted in Kids, Remembering, Scattering, Spouse, Widow | Tagged good grief guru, Moving on after grief, scattering ashes, Shawna Percy-MacDonald, The Healing Place | 1 Comment

June 17th: Father’s Day, and Neil’s Birthday

Posted on June 16, 2012 by admin

This June 17th is not only Father’s day, it is also Neil’s birthday. Neil, my late-husband, would have been 35 this year. This video shows Alexis and I introducing the song Walk Away, by Ben Harper, and we explain the … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthday, Father's Day, Grief, Holidays, Kids, Marriage, Memorial, Only-parent, Parents, Remembering, Single parent, Spouse, Widow | Tagged Ben Harper, Birthday, Father to the fatherless, Father's Day, good grief guru, grief, Neil, remembering, Walk Away, widow | 4 Comments

Happy 25th Anniversary Starbucks! (Find out how Starbucks fits in with our story)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin

Happy 25th Anniversary Starbucks! Watch this “Give me back my husband please” video to find out why Starbucks holds a special spot in our family. Be sure to stay tuned at the end for the blooper reel with Alexis. Enjoy! … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Grief, Memorial, Remembering, Single parent, Videos, Widow | Tagged coffee, grief, Starbucks, Starbucks 25th anniversary, Starbucks and sirens, Starbucks tributes, Starbucks videos, widow | Leave a comment

REMEMBERING NEIL – 1 year later (memorial)

Posted on March 8, 2012 by admin

My husband was more than a statistic. He was more than the events that occurred on his last day of living. My husband, Neil Ryan MacDonald, was a person, a soul, a spirit. He had quirks, gifts, talents, challenges, rough … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Kids, Memorial, Remembering, Spouse, Widow | Tagged good grief guru, grief, Memorial, Neil MacDonald, widow | 4 Comments

HAPPY THOUGHT #28: Neil’s tree – a memorial by Knights

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

Click here to watch a video of Alexis and I taking a field trip to Neil’s tree. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Share on Linkedin Pin it on pinterest share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Coping, Death, Grief, Memorial, Remembering, Support, Videos | Tagged community, Knights in shining armour, Memorial, Neighbours, remembering | Leave a comment

UNSETTLED – a journal entry of insomnia from the not-too-distant-past

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin

I feel restless today. Why am I so anxious? I write, I clean, I organize. I’ve reached a new plateau. It took me weeks, actually months, to organize some bills. I couldn’t see how to process the piles of papers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Insomnia, Remembering | Tagged good grief guru, grief, homeopathic remedy, insomnia, remembering, widow | Leave a comment