A Christmas Promise
Posted on December 25, 2023 - by Larry Patten
A Christmas Promise On a long-ago Christmas Eve, I made my last visit to a patient as her hospice chaplain. I was honoring a promise made weeks before. While a […]
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The Last Christmas Stocking
Posted on December 24, 2023 - by Lisa Irish
The First Christmas Stocking The first Christmas stocking I ever made was in 1960. I was 10 years old and living in Walnut Creek, California with my parents, Ted and […]
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Wishing the Holidays Would Go Away: Tips for Coping
Posted on December 21, 2023 - by Mary Joye
Holiday Pain Many people love the first crisp, nip of fall in the air. To those who are grieving, it can coldly cut deep into the spirit and re-open the […]
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A Widower’s Christmas Wish List
Posted on December 19, 2023 - by Herb Knoll
From as far away as Australia to the British Isles, from Canada to Nigeria, the Widowers Support Network hears the cries of men who mourn the loss of their wife, […]
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Guilty Thoughts and Grief
Posted on December 18, 2023 - by Greg Adams
Guilty Thoughts and Grief Guilt can be a sticky burden and a useful teacher. We need people to feel guilty when they do something wrong. People who don’t feel guilty […]
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Joining a Grief Support Group
Posted on December 11, 2023 - by Harriet Hodgson
Joining a Grief Support Group Joining a support group can help those who are grieving. Many support groups were available in my area, and they differed widely. Before I joined […]
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When Someone Asks: ‘How Are You?’
Posted on December 11, 2023 - by Harriet Hodgson
After I’d lost several family members in a short time, the question “How are you?” always threw me off-balance. How did the person think I was after so much tragedy? […]
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Jews Grieve Terrorism Against Israel
Posted on December 11, 2023 - by Dr. Carol Leibovich Mankes
Grief is a journey I know too well. I lost my husband and my mom to cancer within a few weeks of each other. But right now, I find myself […]
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Evolving My Perspective on Grief
Posted on December 11, 2023 - by S. Dione Mitchell
Making Sense of Grief At first, I thought grief was an amorphous vapor that made your breathing labored and that obscured your view…temporarily. But I was wrong. Losing My Grandmother […]
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The Many Forms of Grief
Posted on December 11, 2023 - by S. Dione Mitchell
Contextualizing Grief In my experiences, grief has been most commonly recognized with a major event: the loss of another human being. There seemed to be a framework for understanding the […]
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