Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW

Grief Intelligence: A Primer



For the past 25 years, I have worked with thousands of grievers. I have sat with widows and widowers, the young and the old. I have offered tissues to bereaved parents in their inconsolable grief. I have normalized, educated, listened to and championed those grievers who, through tremendous pain, still engaged with life.



In the decades since my book Transcending Loss was…

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Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW

Grief Intelligence: A Primer



For the past 25 years, I have worked with thousands of grievers. I have sat with widows and widowers, the young and the old. I have offered tissues to bereaved parents in their inconsolable grief. I have normalized, educated, listened to and championed those grievers who, through tremendous pain, still engaged with life.



In the decades since my book Transcending Loss was…

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Dearest Doug, I know you are out there soaring with the Angels and at peace and feeling no more pain physically, emotionally, and you don't have to deal with worldly things. God is good. One piece of the puzzle I am so lost and confused about is what happens to me ...you see the day you looked in my eyes and squeezed my hand and suddenly took your last breath, a part of me died too. My death  wasn't  completely whole, it wasn't and never will be peaceful without you...it is full of pain,…

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    Dearest Doug, I know you are out there soaring with the Angels and at peace and feeling no more pain physically, emotionally, and you don't have to deal with worldly things. God is good. One piece of the puzzle I am so lost and confused about is what happens to me ...you see the day you looked in my eyes and squeezed my hand and suddenly took your last breath, a part of me died too. My death  wasn't  completely whole, it wasn't and never will be peaceful without you...it is full of pain,…

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My Dearest Doug, Happy 12th Anniversary! You may have left my side, but not my heart or soul my love. Each year I made a tradition to write you a poem that encompasses  that years journey down life's lane together.  September 29, 2010 cut that journey here on earth to 11 years 9 months and three days/daze. OH GOD...how I miss you and cry so much.You and I complimented each other on the journey in so many ways, now I feel nothing but EMPTINESS,LONELINESS and SADNESS. My soul is tired. We had…

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OK...does the pain ever get tolerable? I know for sure it won't end. Darn Sunday was grueling with floods of tears and internal pain. I kept doing what I know best...keep doing things through it all. We have a plant on the patio that I may have shared about eariler but to me it is a miracle plant. It is a bouginvilla that froze over and hadn't bloomed in two years. It was a gift to Doug from me. He loved Bouginvilla plants and always promised we would one day we'd have a yard and house with… Continue