death

10 Jul

The Grief Process 101

Grief is an experience that most everyone encounters at some point in life. It can come in various forms, such as loss of a loved one, loss of a job, change or loss of a relationship, moving to a new location or when a serious illness occurs. Experiencing grief is totally natural. Experiencing unresolved grief can lead to unhealthy behaviors. Learning to identify the stages of grief and ways to cope through each is a great way to begin the...

24 Jun

LOVE & Death

What is love? “Love is a set of emotions and behaviors characterized by intimacy, passion, and commitment. It involves care, closeness, protectiveness, attraction, affection, and trust.” Grief requires LOVE. The love you show yourself when dealing with the loss of a loved one, the love from others who also loved your loved one and the love from those who didn’t know your loved one but who Love You. There’s a difference between death and grief. Death is an experience of life, grief is...

24 Jun

Death is an Experience

When death happens we often associate it with an emotion, but death is actually an experience. An experience that will happen to each of us. An experience that is apart of living, and an experience that is the inevitable. To accept life, you have to accept that death will happen to you. Fact is, we live to die. Every day you continue to live you are actually dying.  Every death is a different experience. A death from sickness allows you to...

22 Jun

Wear Orange Speech June 2022

I wear orange for my son Samaad Zaire Frazier.  He was gunned down on Churchill Ave in Somerset on Dec 31 2019 by 5 young men who knew and went to school with him.  He was 19 years old and a 2018 graduate of FHS and an elite basketball player.  His death was 1 of 3 that year in Somerset.  He was preceded by the deaths of Dominic Frederick on May 25 and Monserrat Noyola-Narvaez on October 29.  it’s been a difficult journey of healing...