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Song of Cy – Understanding Grief: Book Review

Posted on January 21, 2007 - by admin

Are you a step-parent, parent, sibling, grandparent or friend of a deceased person? Then this book is for you! A delicately written and moving piece of work that is electrically […]

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LOSS and LOVE: Love Revisited…Helpful Do’s & Don’ts for the Widow/Widower Embracing New Love

Posted on January 20, 2007 - by

Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a new relationship that includes a commitment to sharing your lives? Can we overlap our loving and our grieving? The answer is aprofound: YES! But, to smooth the path, keep these helpful Dos and Donts in mind:

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LOSS and LOVE: Love Revisited…Helpful Do’s & Don’ts for the Widow/Widower Embracing New Love

Posted on January 20, 2007 - by admin

Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a […]

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LOSS and LOVE: Love Revisited…Helpful Do’s & Don’ts for the Widow/Widower Embracing New Love

Posted on January 20, 2007 - by Gloria Lintermans

Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a […]

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For the New Widow — What We Worry About

Posted on January 19, 2007 - by

We are alone. And we worry about that. We worry we will die alone. We buried our life partner. And now we worry about who will bury us? Who will […]

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For the New Widow — What We Worry About

Posted on January 19, 2007 - by admin

We are alone. And we worry about that. We worry we will die alone. We buried our life partner. And now we worry about who will bury us? Who will […]

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For the New Widow — What We Worry About

Posted on January 19, 2007 - by Linda Della-Donna

We are alone. And we worry about that. We worry we will die alone. We buried our life partner. And now we worry about who will bury us? Who will […]

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Lorraine Ash – 9AM PST – 12 Noon EST – January 18th

Posted on January 18, 2007 - by admin

Lorraine Ash, 46, author of Life Touches Life: A Mother’s Story of Stillbirth and Healing, has been a full-time journalist since 1982, the year she earned her master’s degree at […]

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LOSS: When Half Of A Whole Feels Like Zero…Excerpted from The Healing Power Of Grief

Posted on January 17, 2007 - by Gloria Lintermans

The mental fog that had sheltered me emotionally during those first four months after my husband?s death is slowly, and painfully, beginning to clear. Coincidently, this occurs just as the […]

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For the New Widow: Ten Tips To Help Her Survive…After the Funeral

Posted on January 17, 2007 - by Linda Della-Donna

You?re home now. A short while ago you stood over a hole in the earth. You blew a kiss, tossed a rose, sprinkled a shovelful of dirt over a casket, […]

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