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I Think of You
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I think of you and start to cry,
It breaks my heart that you had to die.
Your final days were filled with even greater pain,
Each day was a struggle, each night a torment
But never did you complain.
Only did you say ” Mom, I want my Normal Life Back”
As the […]
I was wondering if someone out there could help me to understand or help my daughter (Jacquie). My son-in-law Clinton passed away from melanoma cancer in June of 2006. They together had 3 children and were very much in love with each other. Clinton was 36 years old and a very wonderful husband, father and […]
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Writer Frederic Luskin believes we can make the choice to forgive — and to take offense in the first place
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My Third Child Is Grief
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It?s been three years since my husband suddenly left this earth in the middle of the night.
Jack and I had two children, they are growing and maturing beyond our hopes and dreams.
I?m kept busy guiding and participating in their lives but something else was going on interfering, interrupting […]
Rattles
Mother has what they call the death rattle.
Every time she takes a breath there?s a rattle. Technically it?s congestive heart failure?the fluid around her heart is building up and her body can?t process it, so it?s filling up in her lungs.
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I remember when Mother said she had that little kitten in her chest. […]
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?Today we remember Keith on his birthday.? We give thanks for the Gift of Keith.
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Please find time to enjoy the outdoors and say hello to Keith. (Look for dragonflies!)
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Keith’s Mom and Dad
The following is from an article posted on August 16, 2007 which?can be of help and comfort to other suicide survivors.? You might also […]
My son died last December 6 and on Dec 10 the coroner called me and told me that the autopsy had revealed he died of pneumonia, they knew he?d had no symptoms and there were no drugs or alcohol in his system. Almost as an afterthought he told me that there would be toxicology tests […]
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When we make a change in our lives — going back to school, starting a business, pursuing a creative path — we also provoke an identity shift. And even though the changes are external, often it’s more of an internal journey that we are being asked to take. To ensure that we don’t get lost […]
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The Promise of Spring
by Lana Golembeski
It is yet another cold blustery day in Minnesota.
As I look out onto the two feet of snow,
I wonder if spring will ever come.
In my eyes, it looks impossible.
How can spring come?
All I can see is snow
and all I can feel is the cold.
And yet, despite all of that,
I know […]
There’s a new kind of caregiver out there.
She (or he) is a savvy caregiver, isn’t a martyr, and doesn’t look defeated (all the time).
She (I use the feminine pronoun to apply to everyone)?has her act together (in some respects) and isn’t going to let her life and her plans be completely derailed–and yet she loves […]
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