Grief is a profound gift. It is one we never request, but one we learn to respect. When grief comes, we are given a way through our pain and suffering to a new way of being… to becoming more real and more open to love than ever before. I say this as a way to [...]
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Years After Son’s Suicide, Mother Lives in Peace and Joy
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October 6, 2009
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Sean died in the month of August. He was 16 years old, and he took his own life. He shot himself with his father’s hunting rifle. I never saw his body, but, in retrospect, I now know that it was for the best. I did not feel that way at the time. I begged to [...]
Does Grief End? Being Available for ‘Turning Points’
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August 21, 2009
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After my son’s death, there were many turning points along the way in my grief. I could not make them happen all by myself, but I could make myself available. At each turning point, there was a sense of Divine Grace; it was only in quiet reflection or in sharing the experience with a good listener that [...]
Memorial Day Reminds Us to Work for Peace
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May 22, 2009
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By Pamela Prime – This Memorial Day is once again a significant and special day to remember our soldiers who have offered their lives for our well-being and the well-being of the world. As our soldiers continue to be sent to the Middle East and elsewhere, we must continue to support them with our love [...]
Celebrating Mother Earth and Mother Mary on Mother’s Day
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May 5, 2009
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By Pamela Prime – I awakened on Mother’s Day a few years ago with the awareness that I would be alone that day for the first time in thirty years. I recall lying in bed and feeling the loneliness that only my children could fill on that day, or so I thought. Although the sun [...]
Easter Reminds Us That We Can Rise From Our Grief
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April 11, 2009
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By Pamela Prime – Easter and the days leading up to it are a sacred time for many. In some ways, this is an extraordinary time, a time filled with mystery. It was a time I could not fully relate to because it was about the mysteries of Jesus and didn’t have much to do [...]
Learning to Cope with Unmet Longings
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February 16, 2009
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By Pamela Prime – Children are the most beautiful gifts and provide the most extraordinary challenges to us. I often say to parents who are in pain that no one can hurt us as parents like our children can. They can hurt us with words and actions, with their choices or lack of choices, and [...]
