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	<itunes:summary>Are you suffering from loss? Feeling alone? Looking for hope? Join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley, bereaved parent/sibling on their weekly Open to Hope Internet radio show. The Horsleys are founders of Opentohope.com and international experts on finding hope after loss. Their personal journey and the stories of their guests will inspire you and motivate you to again embrace the life that you have been given.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Deceased Grandchild Sends Dragonflies to Grandma</title>
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		<title>When a Father Dies on Father&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<title>Bereaved Grandmother Turns the Corner on Grief</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My granddaughter was unexpectedly born still in 2003. My daughter-in-law had a healthy, uneventful, full-term pregnancy. There were no indications of any problems during her labor. The medical staff was as stunned as we were when Madeline was delivered without &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=bereaved-grandmother-turns-the-corner-on-grief">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Families Crave Remembrance After a Loss</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;But after tempest . . . /There came a day as still as heaven&#8221; (Tennyson) Still. An ordinary word, brief, easy to pronounce. When my sons were toddlers, I often told them to hold still while I was brushing their &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=meditations-on-the-word-still">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love.” Washington Irving Here they come again. I have &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=ive-never-been-a-crier-but-now">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mother Learns How to Comfort Bereaved Son</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nina Bennett &#8211; I was used to fixing the problems Timothy, my youngest son, encountered when he was a child. If his older brother knocked down his castle of blocks, I helped him rebuild it. When he fell down &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=mother-learns-how-to-comfort-bereaved-son">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Don&#8217;t Ever Doubt You Are a Mother&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nina Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nina Bennett &#8211; In a monumental moment of synchronicity, I was present the night my beloved granddaughter was born still. She slid into this world without drawing a breath, following a full-term, healthy pregnancy and normal, though long, labor. &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=dont-ever-doubt-you-are-a-mother">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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