You Fool Yourself You fool yourself. You believe you’re safe. You believe there’s time. More time. You should know better. Life has revealed her truth to you many times. And yet, it is easy to forget. And in some ways important to forget. Life would be too raw, too frightening, too blindingly stark, and we might [...]
WHY RIGHT NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO WORK THROUGH YOUR PETTY GRUDGES My dad is a big fan of celebrations. He says if people aren’t gathering for a wedding, a graduation, or a birthday, it’s a funeral. “At funerals, people cry and say ‘we should get together,’” he says. “And then the next [...]
Why You Should Consider Moving After The Loss Of A Loved One Lucille Rosetti, info@thebereaved.org. While the loss of a loved one and moving are considered two of life’s greatest stressors, the change that comes with immersing yourself in a new environment can be good for your mental health in more ways than one. However, [...]
And the Winner Is - Me! A few weeks ago, I wrote about being a finalist in three writing contests. Today, I am proud and excited to announce that The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life WON the following awards: 2016 May Sarton Women’s Book Award for Memoir 2016/2017 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Author Receives National Recognition El Dorado Hills, CA: The FIFTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL Beverly Hills Book Awards® recognized The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life by Virginia A. Simpson as a FINALIST in the category of memoir. Experts from all aspects of the book industry, including publishers, [...]
Interview with Dr. Virginia Simpson - lizbeth Meredith After your father died during when you were young, you wrote that you became very anxious about death. Can you tell us how you moved from that point to becoming a bereavement expert? My father died when I was 12, during a time when adults didn’t take into consider children’s feelings [...]
Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D. Speaks About Her Book and How to Deal With Grief Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., known to her clients as “Dr. Ginni,” is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on dying and grieving. She is a bereavement care specialist and Executive Counseling Director for hundreds of funeral homes throughout the United States [...]
Author Dr. Virginia A. Simpson’s memoir The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother Daughter Love At the End of Life The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother Daughter Love At the End of Life is a touching, honest, raw, and moving memoir by Dr. Virginia A. Simpson. In it she shares not only the time [...]
Just Released - New Book Offers Hope for Caregivers Dr. Virginia A. Simpson, Bereavement Care Specialist and Executive Counseling Director for hundreds of funeral homes throughout the country, has written a poignant book. The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life (She Writes Press, April 2016) reads like a novel [...]
