We’ve just bought a brand spanking new bedroom setting. Its towering wooden bed head makes me feel so tiny…but like a Princess! Anyway, yesterday, while clearing the space for our new bed, I found hidden under the old bed, a book. A very very special book. I held it in my hands like a newborn…..and I [...]
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Mums, Daughters and Mother’s Day
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May 7, 2011
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When I was growing up, I thought my mum was the most beautiful mother in the world! I would sit in our bathroom, cross-legged on a white fluffy stool and gaze at her as she applied her make-up. I was fascinated, watching her dip her cosmetic brush into the sink water, then she’d dab the brush into her charcoal Estee [...]
Wondering About the Dreams of a Lost Child
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February 26, 2011
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THE BEREAVED – May Williams Ward In the next room, in the low chair, In the soft dark, are you there? I do not ask it when sun is laid Through the checkered window in yellow plaid- Then love this is past seems rich enough And having had that, I can give you up, But [...]
Stranger More Comforting to Bereaved Than Friends
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January 26, 2011
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Do you ever find comfort from a stranger? While in Australia over Christmas, I met a young woman, an outsider to my world, who knew nothing of my losses. I don’t usually tell new people I meet how I’ve lost so many family members; it blows their minds. But I’m glad I did with her! In [...]
Grief has no Time-line
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December 9, 2010
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Yesterday, I read a blog about grief after child loss. It was an interesting article, and it made me wonder about my opinions on grief. I must tell you before you read on, this lady hasn’t had to bury her child, thankfully. The blog read, “Everyone I’ve interviewed about losing a child agrees, it takes five years.” That’s right, [...]
Mother’s Day Brings Sorrow — and Joy
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May 6, 2010
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Every year on the morning of Mother’s Day, I cry. On this special day, I’m greeted with a huge dimpled smile from our daughter Dempsey, who sneaks into our room, usually with a present she has made for me, hidden behind her back. The moment tugs at my heart strings, and I cry. I cry [...]
Mother Accepts Sorrow, Doesn’t Let it Rule Her
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May 9, 2009
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By Diana Doyle Five years ago, our daughter died. Savannah was only four. The grief I felt that day is still with me and still raw, but it helps me move forward and heal. After she died, it was hard to accept that nothing had changed for anyone else. The sun still rose and set [...]
Take Advantage of Holiday Opportunities
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October 20, 2008
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By Diana Doyle – Holiday times are an obstacle course of emotions for anyone trapped in grief. For me, having lost a daughter, sister and mother in recent years, the feelings of sadness and heartache usually start as soon as the stores fill their aisles with sparkling decorations, fancy costumes or cards. To anyone who [...]
How to Honor a Loved One Who Has Died
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September 24, 2008
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By Diana Doyle – Until the year 2000, my life resembled a fairy tale. I had a loving family, husband and an adorable two-year-old daughter. Over the next three years, what seemed impossible back then, happened to me. I lost three of the most important people in my life. My sister was killed in a [...]
