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Early on in my journey with this business of my heart, I started dreaming of having an herbal apothecary that could support grievers with products made with the incredible plant allies the earth has shared with us for grief. Allies like lavender, calendula, chamomile, and geranium.  I am so excited to say that my dream has come true and Garnet and the Moon has small batch handmade products to support you wherever you are in your forest of grief. My hope is that these items lo

Garnet and the Moon Help Can Help You Cope With the Grief of Estrangement If you have found yourself estranged from your family, you are not alone. Estrangement, and the grief it often comes with, have become many people’s family “normal.” And while it’s not always all bad, it can be difficult to cope with, especially as you make your way through “firsts” like holidays and birthdays without the people you once were attached to.  Social media allows us a window into other peop

I’m a child of the Midwest. A midwestern daughter, if you will. Raised by place as much as by my parents. I am of this place in a way that doesn’t apply when I find myself in other locations. I am from Milwaukee, but I consider myself in part raised by the ethos of our whole region. As such, I’m pretty tough. We all are. We grew up slogging through long freezing winters without fancy escapes in a big city or wild mountain fun. We survive summer corn sweats and have lakes that

I’m a child of the Midwest. A midwestern daughter, if you will. Raised by place as much as by my parents. I am of this place in a way...

Discounts! Discounts! Discounts! One thing about me is I give a profound shit about grief care. I think tending to our grief is the...

The first cohort of Mother Wort and Rose‘s Grief Magic class concluded our year-long study/creation/gathering/portal at the beginning of...

In September I went out of town to do some deep and beautiful work with people I love a lot around the delicate and intricate and often...

When the universe gives you a portal, go through it, even if the doorway is dripping in grief and your inner child is quaking in her...

July 20 would have been my mom’s 82nd birthday. Accidentally (there are no accidents) every book I read during my week away last week was...

Not gonna lie, friends, Empire’s got me down. I can metabolize my grief until I can’t and maybe the Supreme Court on top of everything...

One of my favorite moments of the season where I am held by my gardens is when my peonies bloom. I inherited them from one of the women...

There have been so many times I have wanted to rush past the moment I was in and get to the next phase of whatever I thought my...

2023 was really something. I don’t have a highlight reel or things to list I just know this has has been one of the most informative and...

There is a hole in my heart the shape of my mom, and it flares when I do holiday errands and wish she were riding next to me, snacking on...

When I think of the story of Demeter and Persephone, Hades and the pomegranate, I find myself seeing most clearly the grief of a mother...

Grief is expansive. It enters when what we knew to be true is no longer. A medical diagnosis, a parent dying, a friend or lover leaving...

I have been thinking a lot lately about grief and choices- the choices we make, the ones others make, and the things we would never...

Today is the 14th anniversary of my mom’s transition to whatever comes after these earthly lives. Our relationship was beautiful, flawed,...

"We can sit with knowing that even as we are faced with extraordinary pain and destruction. that the in tact nature of the world remains...

If we don't deny the inevitable end to our story, we will write it more beautiful while we are alive" -Andrea Gibson These trees live in...