by Laura Cabanillas | Jun 30, 2025
Both. The answer is both. Last week was the one year anniversary of my father’s entrance into eternity. It was a rough week. It’s been an even rougher year. A lot of things have gone undone, because grief and wrapping up 80+ years of someone’s life simply takes...
by Laura Cabanillas | Apr 26, 2019
One of the greatest gifts of being human is the ability to feel. To feel means we are fully alive and that is a gift itself. Grief is complex and cannot be put into a box or packaged neatly into a one-size-fits-all formula. Sorrow, love, heartache, hope,...
by Laura Cabanillas | Jul 1, 2014
One of the great ironies in life is that loss is a part of living. We are all touched by loss. Some losses we can anticipate; some we cannot. Just last week a dear friend of mine experienced the unexpected loss of her adult daughter in a tragic accident. I heard from...
by Laura Cabanillas | Jun 16, 2014
I was just finishing up an errand on the way home from work when I noticed an unread text on my phone. A friend was asking if Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is the college where I recently taught as an adjunct instructor. I answered affirmatively, asking why....
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