by Lissa Rankin | Oct 31, 2017 | Relationships
My mother made her final transition last night. After I told her, my friend Shiloh said, “When the mother passes, the fabric of the universe is shifted and moves into a new shape.” Today begins the first day of that new shape for those of us who can hardly...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 30, 2017 | Relationships
The death vigil for my mother continues. For those who are not following the daily journey on Facebook, I am also posting what moves through me on the blog, in case any of it serves you. 10/28/17 My mother isn’t talking much anymore. She mostly sleeps, with the...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 27, 2017 | Relationships
I’ve been journaling daily about the journey of helping my mother through the rebirth we call death. Although these moments are intensely intimate and personal, I am sharing them publicly (with the permission of my mother, who before she stopped communicating clearly,...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 24, 2017 | Relationships
I am in Ohio right now, midwifing my beloved mother through the rebirth we call death. I already lost my precious father almost 12 years ago, two weeks after my daughter Siena was born. His was a beautiful, sacred death. The moment he breathed his last breath, my...
by Lissa Rankin | Jul 22, 2014 | Inner Pilot Light, Spirituality
I’ve experienced a lot of loss this year. Most of the loss has come as my own choice, which in some ways makes it even harder. I can’t even fall back on feelings of victimhood because I’ve brought all this loss upon myself, not because I’m a masochist, but because I’m...
