Recent Writings
Online
Recent Online Article
Grief: Recognizing Where We Are
When I was grieving, I felt my world had stopped. My biggest adjustment was knowing that the world wouldn’t stop for me. It doesn’t stop for anyone who has lost a loved one. If you want to get back to your life, you must make changes and move along with it.
Celebrating Mother’s Day After Loss
Mother’s Day recalls all things maternal – warm and wonderful hugs, children’s homemade cards, a delicious dinner, mom’s loving kisses and smiles. But Mother’s Day can be extremely challenging for children who have lost a mother.
Getting Through the Holidays After a Loss
The holidays are not necessarily a happy, merry time – especially for people whose loved one had died or left them during the past year, or even the past several years. In fact,
In Print
Recent Print Article
Gracious Givers Avow Hospice Article
Interview with Richard Ballo, published in the Fall/Winter 2022 Avow Newsletter by Alyssa Morlacci. A local author and community group are coming together to support Avow.
Thoughts from Dad by Neapolitan Family
I write about healing to help people who are left to grieve and remember their loved ones.
Higher Education
By Richard Ballo Florida Gulf Coast University, November 12, 2004 Naples resident Richard Ballo recently established