Loss of a Family Member

After Loss of a sibling

Do you feel your loss is overlooked? Find inspiration in stories by others who have lost siblings.

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  • Broken by Grief: A Sister’s Death by Domestic Violence

    Posted on August 1, 2023 - by Anne Peterson

    Broken by Grief As writers, we are often told to write about what we know. And I know grief. We lost our sister Peggy to domestic violence. So in addition to dealing with the loss of our sibling, we had our situation further complicated because her death was violent. Add to that the fact we never recovered her body, and we had to attend her murder trial, and you can begin to see how complicated grief can become. But this book is not just Peggy’s story. It contains the losses we have endured in our family. Running to our curbside […]

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  • Father’s Death Triggers Grief of Sibling-Loss

    Posted on June 5, 2023 - by Judy Lipson

    Father’s Death Triggers Grief My beloved father Benjamin Lipson passed away in 2011, one week before the premiere of Celebration of Sisters, an annual fundraiser to honor my beloved sisters Margie and Jane. Conflicting emotions, breaking heart — and what do I do about the event? Deep down I knew the answer. The event must go on. Thankfully, the first Celebration was not a skating event, so I did not have to perform on the ice. However, I needed to speak. Somehow, I mustered up the courage to honor Margie and Jane. Raw from the loss and touched by the […]

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  • Nurturing Oneself After a Homicide

    Posted on May 23, 2023 - by Lori Grande

    Developing practices of nurturing oneself after a homicide can ignite internal equilibrium in response to external chaos.  These strategies may not change the circumstances of life.  They can, however, foster the experience of stability in the midst of what ails the mind and heart, sprouting hope within the soul. Embrace Your Loving Self Homicide initiates survivors’ compartmentalization of their lives; instantly bombarded with both the feelings of and responsibility for being a griever, an advocate, a seeker of truth/answers, an instinctual retributor, and a support person to one or another family member.  In the midst of the rapid unraveling of […]

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  • The Decade Difference: Ten Years After a Suicide

    Posted on May 8, 2023 - by Maggie Bauer

    The Difference in a Decade In the beginning, I didn’t know how I was going to survive to the next day. My first thought when I awoke was, oh no my brother is dead. The physical heartache, tears, lethargy, fatigue, loss of concentration followed; my body even forced me to stop eating gluten and dairy. There was a deep heaviness within me and how I saw the rest of the world. Some days it felt like a depressive cloak over me that I couldn’t remove. As time moved forward, Chris’ death day — the 22nd of each month — protruded […]

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  • Episode 199: Stacy Lynn Cripps Developing Your Spiritual Gifts

    Posted on May 11, 2023 - by admin

    Are you wondering how to connect with a deceased loved one? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest personal guide and Spiritual teacher Stacy Lynn Cripps and learn how our loved ones are still loving and guiding us through Spiritual signs, Synchronicity and so much more.  Stacey is the creator of Divinely guided meditation album, Guided Meditations to Awaken to Spirit.

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