Messages from My Deceased Son
Posted on November 17, 2021 - by Meryl Beck
Messages from My Deceased Son At the age of thirty-five, my son chose to end his life here on earth. Here was the first of my messages from my deceased […]
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Healing Hugs: Embracing Love and Survival
Posted on November 17, 2021 - by Meryl Beck
Healing Hugs Over the Fourth of July weekend in 1997, Tamara Gabriel was driving to a friend’s home with her nine-year-old daughter Janna. The car hydroplaned and collided with another […]
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Is All Grief the Same? Grieving to Scale
Posted on November 17, 2021 - by Becky Womack
Is all grief the same? Daily, I tend a one-eyed guinea pig. She used to see her world just fine, but a recent scuffle with an older pig rendered her […]
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Master Class in Helplessness: When a Child Gets Cancer
Posted on November 1, 2021 - by Greg Adams
A Master Class in Helplessness I was talking with my wife not long ago, and I shared that I had been talking with someone the childhood cancer world. In my […]
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The Gifts from Losing You
Posted on October 28, 2021 - by Sara Green
The concept of finding meaning in life while living with tragedy sparked something in me and opened me up to the possibility there could be some gifts and blessings that […]
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Recognizing Signs From the Afterlife
Posted on October 25, 2021 - by Linda Zelik
Recognizing Signs From the Afterlife Some may say that the idea of recognizing signs from the afterlife is paranormal, metaphysical or just plain crazy. I used to be one of […]
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Writing Through Grief
Posted on October 25, 2021 - by Faith Wilcox
We each have a story to tell, and sharing it is vital to our emotional wellbeing. Some of us choose to express our stories through art, music, dance. I chose […]
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Death Anniversaries are Powerful Days
Posted on October 25, 2021 - by Judy Lipson
The dates are forever etched in our minds and hearts – the death anniversaries of our siblings. The calendar need not remind us; our bodies and minds tell us as […]
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Self-Care is Grief Care
Posted on October 24, 2021 - by Sara Green
If you had told me that losing one of my children was going to be on my life’s path, I would have told you that I couldn’t do it. Yet, […]
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After 30 Years, Still Not Over It
Posted on October 22, 2021 - by Mike Bernhardt
Many Years Later, Still Not Over It When a bereavement counselor or group facilitator meets us for the first time to support us in our grief, the first question they […]
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