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Know Anyone Who Needs Prayer?

Posted on May 30, 2007 - by admin

Hello dear friends and family, Know anyone who needs prayer? If so, please read on. I chose you because through the years, you?ve touched my life in a special way. So many of you have sent prayer requests in the past. And now, I want to offer a more effective response. If you, or anyone you know needs prayers for health concerns, struggles, emotional pain, disappointments or just issues in life, I offer you the following: *To make sure someone begins to pray for you immediately, please leave your prayer request by clicking “prayer: when you visit my web site: […]

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A Letter Asking for Sibling Support

Posted on May 29, 2007 - by admin

Dear Gloria, I recently heard you speak at the Compassionate Friends group in Monterey. I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. We lost our 34 year old daughter to colon cancer in November 2006. She has 2 sisters. Jenny, her 29 year old sister lives in Brooklyn?works in Manhatten. I am doing the footwork to find out if your daughter has a sibling support group that she conducts or recommends. Thank you for any information you may be able to provide. Shirley Kiatta

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Mother’s Day Trail Message By Debra Reagan

Posted on May 15, 2007 - by Debra Reagan

Mother’s Day The first Mother’s Day without our son, Clint, was approaching. He had passed away the summer before, but the weight of grief was still heavy. So far we had made it through each day by taking one slow, encumbered step at a time. Each morning for several weeks prior to the upcoming holiday, I began to notice a little sports-type car parked near my car in the parking garage at work. Apparently, it was parked there on a long-term basis because it started to gather dust. After a while, the thick dust became a target for graffiti- some […]

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Grace Notes: A Sweet and Sour Rip and Mend

Posted on May 7, 2007 - by admin

Grace Notes By Natalie Costanza-Chavez We get Mothers Day wrong. We’re told to assume the sweetness, the flowers, the ease, and the “dream come true” of it all. We are led to expect a day in a glorious commercial, the house is clean, the dog is trained, and the children have flippy hair that’s never in their eyes. But, the truth of motherhood is much messier. It’s OK to say it. The truth of motherhood is a daily, sometimes moment-by-moment wild slide along a hard rail of gradation. It’s a trip, repeated again and again, from joy and what lies […]

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Mother’s Day Again

Posted on May 7, 2007 - by admin

by Marilyn Heavilin Author of Roses in December Once again, here it comes. This day shows up every year, and I still dislike it. That day is Mother’s Day! Why should I dread it? After all, I still have living children. Ah yes, but I also am the mother of three children who are no longer living. I always enjoyed remembering my own mother on Mother’s Day, but for myself, I would prefer to skip Mother’s Day.  I generally attend church on Mother’s Day and many times women who are mothers are asked to stand so that they can be […]

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Dialog re: Dr. Francesca McCartney on Healing the Grieving Heart

Posted on May 7, 2007 - by admin

(Note: the following is in sequence from first to last) Hi Dr. Gloria- I found your show with guest Dr. Francesca to be extremely interesting. I wish I had her book the first year of grief since I also felt all my grief on a cellular level.? I thought the call in student said it well when she spoke of feeling the loss of the connection with? your loved one. Where? does all that energy go? I think that is the most profound feeling when it is a loss of a child. It’s amazing how the grief starts to shift […]

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Thank You, Francesca

Posted on May 5, 2007 - by admin

Dear Francesca, Thank you very much for sharing your personal journey and wisdom on?the show.? The words cannot describe how much I appreciate the show?on different levels.? I was so inspired and empowered to observe how?you and the modern mystics do the beautiful healing work in plain?English from a compassionate place.? It’s soooooooooooooooo different?from the typical healer or guru’s new age woo woo work.? And thank?you again for reminding me of using the most basic tool of grounding. in gratitude, XXXX

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The GriefWorks

Posted on May 4, 2007 - by admin

Hello Gloria! I was sure that I emailed you this afternoon, but can?t find it in the Sent folder.? Forgive me if I repeat myself here. Congratulations on expanding your ?ministry? to the bereaved.? It must be a joy to be working with your daughter!? I?ve added your website to the list of favorites that we give out to our clients.? I will be telling folks attending the support group tonight about it also. Please note that the correct email address for GriefWorks is:? info@griefworks.org or mel@griefworks.org.? We haven?t used the Yahoo address for several years.? Our retired co-founder was […]

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Scheduled Chats on My Grief Space begin Sunday, May 6

Posted on May 4, 2007 - by admin

Greetings Friends, As promised, SCHEDULED CHATS will begin this coming Sunday evening, MAY 6th, at 7 PM. A different topic is sceduled each evening to accommodate member requests to chat with others experiencing a loss similar in nature to their own. Please mark your calendar and let’s get the Chat Rooms Chatting. Chats are monitored and moderated at random, so please report any inappropriate behavior to support@mygriefspace.com if a moderator is not in attendance. WEEKLY CHAT SCHEDULE (reoccurs every week) SCHEDULED CHAT – TIME ZONE EXAMPLE: (7 PM PST) = (8 PM MST) = (9 PM CST) = (10 PM […]

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A New Feature at My Grief Space

Posted on May 4, 2007 - by admin

Greetings Friends, By popular request we are working on a BRAND NEW feature which will allow members to sell products (arts, crafts, books, personal items, products, etc). We will send out more details very soon. As some of you may have noticed, all previous features from the VIP Membership are now FREE, as well. View a list of these features on our homepage, in the large blue boxes.

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