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	<title>Open to Hope Foundation &#187; Patrick T. Malone</title>
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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>Son Sends Signs that He&#8217;s Never Far Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When our second son, Lance, was born, he quickly found the middle two fingers of his right hand served his well as a pacifier. His index and little finger extended straight up on each cheek creating the “hook’em horns” symbol &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=son-sends-signs-that-hes-never-far-away">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bereaved Father Discovers He&#8217;s Not Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks after my son, Lance, was killed, my wife Kathy, received some information about the Compassionate Friends; she wanted to go to a meeting. She told me it was a support group for bereaved parents. My reaction was &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=bereaved-father-discovers-hes-not-alone">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Choose Positive Memories During this Season of Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Malone’s remarks at The Compassionate Friends Atlanta Chapter 2009 Candle Light Remembrance. We would have traded places with our child without a second thought, but we weren’t given that choice. When that enormous pain of grief rolled into and &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=choose-positive-memories-during-this-season-of-hope">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What to Say to a Grieving Person: There&#8217;s an App for That</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think one of the most frequently asked questions after a loss is, “What should I say to someone who is grieving?” My company has developed a product that might help with that. Some background: This past April, I wrote about the &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=what-to-say-to-a-grieving-person-theres-an-app-for-that">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When an Employee is Grieving the Death of a Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Situation Businesses are accustomed to putting a price tag on lost productivity and increased insurance costs associated with conditions from diabetes to those from life problems including substance abuse and depression. For the first time, there is data available &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=when-an-employee-is-grieving-the-death-of-a-child-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Grief End? Deciding That It&#8217;s OK to Survive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife, Kathy, and I present a workshop for bereaved parents that we have titled, &#8220;Into the Valley and Out Again.&#8221; We conclude that presentation with some of our observations on our recovery and reinvestment. We believe that many of &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=does-grief-end-deciding-that-its-ok-to-survive">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grief Goes to Work: Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Patrick T. Malone &#8211; In the last installment, I told you about the deaths of my two sons, Scott and Lance, and my work experiences related to the grief associated with those deaths. We ended with my reaching out &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=grief-goes-to-work-part-ii">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Honor Co-Worker on Anniversary of Her Death?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 15:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michele writes in: At our company, the executive secretary to the President, who was only in her early 30s, died last year suddenly one afternoon. She had been with the company for 12 years. She was like family to many &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=how-do-you-honor-co-worker-on-anniversary-of-her-death">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grief Goes to Work: Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Patrick T. Malone &#8211; Jack Gordon, former president of the Hospice Foundation of America, once said: &#8220;In a very real sense in our society, the workplace has become a kind of extended family. Businesses have responded to the changing &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=grief-goes-to-work-part-one">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of &#8216;Acknowledging&#8217; Those Who are Grieving</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Patrick T. Malone &#8212; &#8220;No one is listening to me!&#8221; This is one of the most common complaints you will hear from bereaved individuals. It occurred to me that what they are really saying is simply, &#8220;Acknowledge me.&#8221; The &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=acknowledging-bypatrick-t-malone">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grief and the Global Economic Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Patrick Malone &#8211; Technically, grief is the intense emotional suffering caused by a loss. If you are among those who have suffered the death of a child, spouse, parent or grandparent, you know an intense level of grief that &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=grief-and-the-global-economic-challenge">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 6: Rainbows Above You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as it often does, once again, how we manage our grief becomes a matter of choice. I remember Rich Edler once said, &#8220;We cannot change what happened, but we do have a choice what we do about it. Grief &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=reflections-of-a-bereaved-dad-%e2%80%93-part-6-conclusion-by-patrick-malone-cse1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 5: Measures of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you have been or are currently, I was consumed with the question WHY? I needed to make some sense out of these tragedies. Why was Scott, a normal full term baby, only to experience difficulties during labor &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=reflections-of-a-bereaved-dad-%e2%80%93-part-5-by-patrick-malone-cse1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 4: Grieving Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that early on, I reached an intellectual understanding that my wife and I were dealing with grief differently. When I was up, she was down. When I was down, she was up. When she needed company, I needed &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=reflections-of-a-bereaved-dad-%e2%80%93-part-4-by-patrick-malone-cse1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 3: Asking for Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went back to work a couple of weeks after Lance&#8217;s death. I was very fortunate to have a caring and compassionate work environment. My partners and associates covered for me while I was off. When I returned they asked &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=reflections-of-a-bereaved-dad-%e2%80%93-part-3-by-patrick-malone-cse1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 2: You Are Not Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three or four weeks after Lance&#8217;s funeral we received an information packet from The Compassionate Friends (TCF). When I came home Kathy told me about the information and how it was a support group for bereaved parents and how she &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=reflections-of-a-bereaved-dad-%e2%80%93-part-2-by-patrick-malone-cse1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 1: Transform Misery into Treasured Remembrances</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard for me to believe that March of this year was Lance&#8217;s 37 birthday and it will be 12 years this May since he died. It has been even longer for Scott and Erin. As I look back I &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=reflections-of-a-bereaved-dad-%e2%80%93-part-1-by-patrick-malone-cse1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When an Employee is Grieving the Death of a Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. Malone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Situation $37,500,000,000 Businesses are accustomed to putting a price tag on lost productivity and increased insurance costs associated with conditions from diabetes to those from life problems including substance abuse and depression. For the first time there is data &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=when-an-employee-is-grieving-the-death-of-a-child1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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