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This Is Us

I look at my life always from the end. I go to the future every day and look back on today. It calms me down. It gives me distance. It allows me to see all the goodness that I have created after loss. When I don’t do that, I have life envy. Other people’s lives. Many lives. I envy them all. You know other lives…
Christina
February 3, 2017
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Thriver Therapy

You don’t know it at first, not until it stings you for a long time. The loudness of laughter. The proximity of people. The constant talking. The ear piercing noise. Everything closing in. You start thinking about ways to exit. To find the perfect moment when you can leave the room, end the conversation. Prevent closeness with people you don’t know. You crave going somewhere…
Christina
January 20, 2017
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The person inside

After loss our ability to share how we feel is not as easy as it used to be. Sharing our truth after a loss becomes an internal experience. You are not aware of this at first, because you do still externalize the loss to those around you as you are in a mourning period. But what is taking place is a new type of withholding.…
Christina
January 13, 2017
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Read the Instructions before Entering

I notice the grizzled beat up train slowing down. I can detect the tremble on the tracks. The weight of time on top of them. The distant platform is approaching undoubtedly. It’s wintry and bitter cold but a luminous day just like the days before today. A sky that is cloudless on a day like this is almost unheard of. I expect thunderstorms and darkness…
Christina
December 30, 2016
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