I met Elizabeth Edwards briefly during the summer of 2007. I was in Oklahoma City, attending a conference of The Compassionate Friends, a bereavement support organization for parents, grandparents and siblings. Mrs. Edwards was one of the keynote speakers. This was during a time when the path of life would take many twists and turns for [...]
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How the Cemetery Helped After the Death of My Son
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September 8, 2009
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For me, the cemetery is a quiet and peaceful place. A quick walk or turn of the car wheels through the gate is like entering a different world. I leave the noise and cares behind as I enter the place where time loses meaning, and rest is eternal. When I was an adolescent, I enjoyed [...]
Mother Remembers Son and his Firebird
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May 6, 2009
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By Anne Dionne – It was Mother’s Day, 2001. The boy whom I cherished the most, my son Michael, was 19 years old and slipping out of my grasp too quickly. Where was that little boy with the infectious laughter–the boy who brought so much life and fun into our family? Wasn’t it just yesterday [...]
Film Review: Changeling
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February 27, 2009
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Reviewed by Anne Dionne – My favorite grief-themed movie is one which I’ve seen in recent weeks, “Changeling.” The movie is based on a kidnapping and murder case which was uncovered in Los Angeles in 1928. Clint Eastwood directed this film. The cast includes Angelina Jolie, Jeffrey Donovan, Jason Butler Harner, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, [...]
Brother-Sister Bond Showed Itself on Valentine’s Day
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February 5, 2009
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By Anne Dionne – A couple of years after my son Michael died, I was sorting through some things which I had saved from our children’s school years. I came across a Valentine card which depicts a little girl surrounded by heart symbols. “Stuck on you Valentine!,” the card reads. On the back of the [...]
Do We Ever ‘Get Over’ the Death of a Child?
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November 4, 2008
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By Anne Dionne – There was a time when I believed that people should “get over” their grief by the 12th month following a loss. After all, isn’t that what our society believes to be true? In the summer of 1976, I was employed by a doctor in a medical office building. There were several [...]
