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Why You Should Write When Mourning

Posted on June 7, 2007 - by admin

Writing is a form of self-expression that can be a major factor in how you cope with the death of your loved one. This can be especially important as a supplement to having a small support system or if you live alone. It may also be a special skill you possess that can give you additional satisfaction when expressing yourself. On the other hand, anyone can write. You don’t have to be a good writer or speller to use writing as a potent tool to cope with the death of a loved one. Nor do you have to write a […]

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Five Myths Of Grief That Lead To Unnecessary Suffering

Posted on June 6, 2007 - by admin

Grief is a natural response to the loss of something valued. Myths are falsehoods parading as gospel truths. Combined they lead to much excessive emotional and physical pain when mourning. If you mourn according to myth it means you have adopted false beliefs about grief and how to cope with the loss of a loved one. The solution is clear: obtain information to form beliefs that are true for you and discard old beliefs that were handed down to you when you were young. There are many myths about grief. Here are five of the most common and what you […]

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Learn the Biggest Lesson Grief and Loss Offers

Posted on June 3, 2007 - by admin

The death of a loved one and the grief that follows teach many lessons. Perhaps the most important one is that pain is the sign to take a new road in life. This is a double barreled lesson. First, we often have to decide to do some things we have not thought of previously or ever attempted before. And secondly, of equal importance, the key to advancement into our new world (that is, our adaptation to the loss) is the necessity to take action. Accepting the new and taking action are crucial learnings; they are also difficult to embrace. New […]

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Kudos from the UK

Posted on June 2, 2007 - by admin

Dear Heidi / Gloria, I would like to thank you both for this blog, I know the amount of time and effort it must take to run this as well as you guys are doing. My name is Ian McIntosh and I help run a UK based site called Remembered Forever. I have never seen or heard of anything like your radio station over in the United Kingdom, and I am sure there are no other blogs like this. I would like to promote both on our site, and share these fantastic resources. Can I request your permission to include […]

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Discovery Channel to Host a Show on Grief and Grief Support

Posted on June 1, 2007 - by admin

Hello, Discovery Channel is doing research for a new show that deals with people who spent amounts of time videotaping their lives and their adventures. We are looking to tell the stories of people through their own video footage.

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Thanks to the Page Family

Posted on June 1, 2007 - by admin

We love Beth and Allen Page. We met at Duke during Dakota’s treatment with our son Christopher who had the same diagnosis as Dakota. We still have Christopher here on earth. But the Pages have been there for us even though we live here in Kentucky and they are in North Carolina. We are so thankful that they are still with us whenever we need their support. They have sent the windchimes, sunfower seeds and the bears in order to help us, our families and friends who have lost our loved ones unexpectedly. The Page Family is the most wonderful […]

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Reliving the Night That Changed My Life Forever

Posted on June 1, 2007 - by admin

Reliving the night that changed my life forever. A changed I was? not ready to make, yet I was forced to. My son, Kenny, My best friend. Shot not once, not twice, but three times left dying on the street.? While they ran with the only thing that could have kept him warm, his coat. It took me seven years and almost my life, to finish one of the hardest thing in my?life – this book. This is my story of how I struggle to survive after the death of my?child. The cries that was silent for days, weeks, months […]

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Thank You from the UK

Posted on June 1, 2007 - by admin

Hi,?and thank you for giving grieving people the chance to have a say. the following is from my blog .And this is how i feel . Its about my 10yr old daughter who lost her fight for life after a bone marrow transplant. The doctors had given her a 95-98 % chance of survival but she really got no chance of survival. Its about what she went through till the very end. I want to share it with every body out there. A human life is always full of many ups and downs. surprises, shocks, setbacks, disappointments, gains and losses.There […]

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How Do You Help a Toddler Remember Her Deceased Father?

Posted on May 31, 2007 - by admin

I am the mother of a 28 year old son who died from a fall down his basement stairs (TBI) almost 2 years ago now (June 19, 2005). Of course it has been devastating for all the members in his family. We have found out how very hard it is to grieve the loss of someone we love so dearly. Our son left behind a (at the time of his death) 4 month old baby girl. She is now 2 years old. My question is how we can help her know her dad, how much he loved (and still loves) […]

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Poem: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Posted on May 31, 2007 - by admin

This is a new version of Do Not Stand At my Grave And Weep; on our website www.thelightbeyond.com it also forms the basis of an inspirational movie. I hope you find it helpful! Feel free to use the poem as you see fit (but please keep the credit at the bottom). Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow; I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn’s rain. Do not stand at my grave […]

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