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Getting to Know Grief

Posted on January 25, 2009 - by Joy Johnson Brown

By Joy Johnson — Grief: the range of emotions or feelings we experience when someone we love dies. Grief is the price we pay for loving. If you are reading this, it’s likely you loved, and still love, someone special who has died. You are grieving, and knowing some things about grief lets you know you are not alone. o Everyone in the world grieves. o Everyone in the world also does it differently. o And most people grieve in four ways. Physically – Our bodies grieve. As my father lay dying, my Aunt Ada hurried out to the restroom. […]

Remembrances on the Anniversary of a Death

Posted on January 24, 2009 - by Eric Tomei

For any of you who have experienced a loss of any kind, the anniversary of that loss is sometimes one of the hardest days of the year to get through. It brings back good memories, bad memories and everything in between. For all of you loyal readers out there, that time is here for me once again. January 29th marks the 3rd anniversary of my Dad dying from an unexpected heart attack. So much has happened in those three years. So many things have stayed the same, and yet so many things are different. […]

Organ Donation Can Ease Pain of Child-Loss

Posted on January 24, 2009 - by Sandy Fox

by Sandy Fox Thanks to a cornea transplant, Jason was able to see again for the first time in 31 years; at the age of 39, a kidney transplant saved David’s life; for Richard, a bone transplant meant the chance to live a normal life again; and when Darcy’s son gets older, she’ll tell him about the transplant that saved her life. All of these are examples of people who received organ donations. In my book, one of the stories I wrote about is the death of two children in the same family from a car accident and the donation […]

Move Over Michelle, Mama’s in the House: The Obamas Are a Multigenerational Family

Posted on January 24, 2009 - by Carol O'Dell

Move over, Michelle Obama, cause Mama’s in the house. That’s right, Michelle Obama’s mother is moving into the White House. Multigenerational families aren’t new, and now that the Obama family joins the rank, perhaps it will be considered a viable living option, and one that’s particularly appealing in these economically challenged times. People used to live together under one roof out of necessity–to run the farm, to continue the family business. In fact, it’s on the rise. More than 3.6 million parents lived with adult children in 2007, according to census data. That number is up 67 percent from 2000. […]

How Vice President Joe Biden Dealt With Grief

Posted on January 23, 2009 - by Abel Keogh

On November 7, 1972 a relatively unknown lawyer named Joe Biden pulled off a big political upset. By just over 3,000 votes he defeated two-term incumbent U.S. Senator J. Caleb Boggs and, at age 30, became the sixth youngest Senator in U.S. history. Despite the amazing victory, he almost never took the oath of office. On December 18, 1972 while Biden was in Washington D.C. looking at his new office, his wife, Neilia, took their three children shopping for a Christmas tree. They were involved in a fatal automobile accident. Neilia and his infant daughter, Naomi, were killed. His two […]

Say Goodbye to Guilt

Posted on January 23, 2009 - by Doris Jeanette

By Doris Jeanette, Psy.D. — Family members frequently feel guilt when someone dies. Mothers feel especially responsible for their children. No matter what the rational reason for the death, they feel as if it is their fault. And children can sometimes carry guilt into their adult years, thinking they had something to do with the death of a loved one. Guilt is one of the worst experiences known to humans. It ties you up in knots and makes you feel unworthy and miserable. Guilt is the result of thinking that you have done something wrong. The reason you think that […]

The Wisdom of Candles

Posted on January 22, 2009 - by Bernie Siegel

By Bernie Siegel —

Managing Depression After a Loss

Posted on January 21, 2009 - by Stan Popovich

By Stanley Popovich –??

Death of a Child: ‘Unfinished Motherhood’

Posted on January 20, 2009 - by Clara Hinton

By Clara Hinton —

‘My Heart Has No Steps’

Posted on January 19, 2009 - by David Hurley

By David Hurley —