Five Years Without You, Chuck
When the Body Remembers What the Heart Has Lost By The Souls Haven Death Doula Services | November 1, 2026 November 1st marks five years since I lost my brother, Chuck. Five years of learning to live with an absence that time cannot erase and a love that will never fade. When I think of…
Celebrating Legacy: Remembering My Great-Grandmother, Alberta “Grandma” Turnipseed
Today, my maternal great-grandmother, Alberta Turnipseed, would have celebrated her 106th birthday. In our family, she was lovingly known simply as Grandma. Although I wasn't yet ten years old when she passed away, her memory has never left me. When I think of her, I see a fair-skinned woman with a warm smile and an…
My First Dance with Death
The 1st time I met death