If your “family and friends” don’t honor and respect what you need when you are going through a period of loss, you may decide you need to limit your time with them for the time being. Although this is a difficult thing to do, It’s incredibly important for you to surround yourself with people and situations that support you in healing and moving forward.
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Dear Friends and Family, I want to thank each and every one of you that helped support the campaign against GMC. Our actions have helped raise awareness about depression, the number one cause of suicide! ? I have had e-mails from NAMI, (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill ) *GM’s decision is a victory for all of the mental health and suicide prevention community,” said NAMI executive director Michael J. Fitzpatrick. “We’ve made the point that mental illness and suicide are to be taken seriously and that we will not be marginalized.” and AFSP ( American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) […]
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Chances are that you grew up in a two-parent family, a mom and a dad. Went to a local school, away to college, perhaps married, and maybe even had children of your own. If you are like many of us, then tragedy struck, and your mother (or father) passed away, leaving your surviving parent a widower. He, or she, has mourned the loss and, in time, while still embracing the memories of your departed parent, met someone new and fell in love, ready once again to enjoy a full life, perhaps to even re-marry, and you find yourself exchanging parenting […]
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Ever wonder what it would be like to have a life without feeling? Would it be possible to enjoy anything at all? Could one be happy or sad without being in touch with their feelings? I would have to say impossible! Our feelings are our life blood. They fuel the energy that we create with.? They tell us about our state of being, happiness or sadness, and everything in between. Our feelings are our life. They drive us. They unnerve us. They jostle us into action.
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Earlier this week the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention asked General Motors to pull an advertisement and cease any further promotion and marketing of an ad, which featured a GM factory robot who gets laid off, becomes depressed and then makes a suicide attempt. This morning our Foundation had several constructive conversations with GM Executives, and I am pleased to announce that GM has decided to pull the ad, including plans to air it on upcoming television programs and on the company?s website. GM has indicated that they will be revising the ad, removing the scene with the suicide attempt […]
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This is from Holly Mutlu: ? Wanted to email you and let you know that we will be hosting The Second Annual Mother’s Day Bereavement Ceremony Saturday, May 12th, 2007 at 11am.? This will include an uplifting service, a balloon launch and a free luncheon.? The whole service is free but we do ask that you register! ? It is Saturday, May 12, at 11am at the Vandalia Christian Tabernacle in Vandalia, Ohio (located just off I-75) The service is to honor both our children and the Mother’s on this special day.? There is a video tribute during the service, […]
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Dear Fellow Travelers, ? The premiere of the documentary, ?Space Between Breaths? will be Thursday, May 31, 2007 at the Kentucky Theatre, 214 East Main Street, Lexington, KY.? It will be at 7:00 pm.? This premiere is by invitation only.? The tickets are free, but you must get them ahead of time by contacting Luther & Rosemary Smith, P.O. Box 346, Beattyville, KY? 41311, or emailing them at Childrenofdome@cs.com or calling their office, 606-464-3901.? The Smiths will be sending you a personal invitation if they have your correct mailing address.? This is really ?big time? and we want everyone to […]
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Memorials are a great way in remembering loved ones and allow people around the world to relate fond memories and condolences. Memorials help easing out the difficult phase of life that our loved ones go through and also provide them with some influential and relentless inspiration and encouragement to face it with a tough spirit. Memorials not only impart inspiration and encouragement to the commoners but also pay tribute to those heroes who have forfeited their life for their nation. We the people accolade those national heroes in some specified dates of the year which are recognized as In Memorials.
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When someone dies it’s hard to know just what to say to the loved ones who are left behind. Sometimes there’s an opportunity to say something at the funeral or memorial service, but both those events can be fairly overwhelming. You may find it easier to write down what it is that you want to say and send it in a card.? This makes it easier to give some thought to the actual words and to express your feelings in the way that you wish.
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