From the moment you become a parent there are two questions that become foremost in your mind: Where is my child and is he or she okay? Even when you […]
Death of a Child, Special Topics
Where Is My Child and Is He Okay?
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
From the moment you become a parent there are two questions that become foremost in your mind: Where is my child and is he or she okay? Even when you […]
Friday, July 30, 2010
Last year, when the 30th anniversary of my friend Curtis’ death was coming up, I set out on a journey of healing, to clean out whatever vestiges of internal emotional […]
Thursday, July 29, 2010
No, I did not see Toy Story 3; but, recently, my wife and two daughters did. When my wife came home, she shared with me the premise of the story. […]
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The body is gone, but the love remains. This is the bottom line for so many of us. We may miss the person’s physical presence, but more often it’s the […]
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
There is a tendency in our society to talk about healing loss, like it is a physical wound. It reduces loss to nothing more than an illness to be cured. […]
I have used many analogies and metaphors to describe my grief journey in the seven years since my daughter Jeannine died. During my early grief, I frequently described feeling, on […]
Monday, July 26, 2010
When I picked up my four-year old grandson at preschool, Kenny was proud to introduce me to his new friend. Even at a young age, we begin the life-long process […]
Sunday, July 25, 2010
The following is based on a true story: Some time after our mother’s death, my sister and I arranged to meet at our mother’s home to begin the process of […]
Taking time to put your situation to the side and to focus on somebody else is a powerful way to get back in touch with who you are and what […]
Saturday, July 24, 2010
June 11th of last year was the 30th anniversary of the death of my friend Curtis in a car accident. As part of my healing process, I set out on […]