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Why Grief Lingers On and On

Posted on June 27, 2007 - by admin

Grief and grieving is inevitable because we choose to love. And it can be argued that it lingers on and on because we refuse to learn to love in separation […]

Shopping (after the death of my daughter)

Posted on June 26, 2007 - by Abel Keogh

“May I help you?” The answer is always “no, thank you.” And then I say I am fine When in reality my words are nothing more than lies. My heart […]

Poem: Shopping (after the death of my daughter)

Posted on June 26, 2007 - by admin

“May I help you?” The answer is always, “No, thank you” And then I say I am fine When in reality my words are nothing more than lies. My heart […]

Love and Connections Beyond Death by Suicide

Posted on June 26, 2007 - by Carol Loehr

We all use our minds to try to understand why our children died. I am no different; when our son Keith died, I continued to ask that endless question, “Why?” […]

Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 6: Rainbows Above You

Posted on June 25, 2007 - by Patrick T. Malone

So as it often does, once again, how we manage our grief becomes a matter of choice. I remember Rich Edler once said, “We cannot change what happened, but we […]

Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 5: Measures of Love

Posted on June 24, 2007 - by Patrick T. Malone

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 […]

Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 4: Grieving Together

Posted on June 23, 2007 - by Patrick T. Malone

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 […]

Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 3: Asking for Help

Posted on June 22, 2007 - by Patrick T. Malone

I went back to work a couple of weeks after Lance’s death. I was very fortunate to have a caring and compassionate work environment. My partners and associates covered for […]

Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 2: You Are Not Alone

Posted on June 21, 2007 - by Patrick T. Malone

Three or four weeks after Lance’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 […]

Reflections of a Bereaved Dad, Part 1: Transform Misery into Treasured Remembrances

Posted on June 20, 2007 - by Patrick T. Malone

It’s hard for me to believe that March of this year was Lance’s 37 birthday and it will be 12 years this May since he died. It has been even […]