by dianeg | Jun 19, 2013 | Weddings
Events marking big transitions in life often produce emotion. Perhaps no event produces more emotion than a wedding. How do you keep the family pot of emotions from “boiling over” at a big event in life, and experience the day with joy? Here are my...
by dianeg | Jan 6, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
The death of a family pet that you have shared life’s ups and downs with for several years is a painful loss. Too often, the people around us don’t express the sympathy that they should for the genuine grief that accompanies this loss. In December, I was...
by dianeg | Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
I led a ceremony on November 30 for a woman who had been through several significant transitions in 2012. The ceremony included her walking a labyrinth with symbols of both positive and negative memories that she was carrying. In the middle, she put in a separate...
by dianeg | Jan 1, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
On December 27, my family gathered with five families whose daughters had grown up together, to honor our families’ transitions to “empty nests”. With the girls heading out into the world, all of us were aware of a transition for the parents as well...
by dianeg | Nov 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been supporting music programs in Haiti for more than five years and felt it was time to visit the country. So at the beginning of November, I traveled to Port-au-Prince with the nonprofit organization Instrumental Change. Five of us flew from Boston,...
