Valerie Locher

#ontherightside

Happy 18 in heaven

April 26, 2023

Today is Brian’s 18th birthday. Scott and I decided to play hooky from work. We drove down to the beach with our bikes in the trunk. I wore my gratitude t-shirt with #therightside on the back and pink sunglasses, swag from the TriGirl triathlon done early in my grief. I turned on Lauren’s “throwback jams” … More Happy 18 in heaven

“On the right side, mommy”

May 26, 2018

“What things did your loved one teach you?” This question was posed recently by a group member in a small grief group facilitated by Tom Zuba teaches A New Way to Do Grief. I responded, “Brian was almost always happy. He smiled a lot. He always saw the positive side of things. He called it … More “On the right side, mommy”