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Cindy Bullens: The Healing Power of Music
May 8, 2008
Cindy Bullens shares how her album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth helped heal her after her 11 year old daughter died. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2008/05/Cindy_Bullens_050808.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Poem: First Place in Poetry Contest: I’ve Stopped Looking For Him
May 1, 2008
I’ve Stopped Looking for Him
by Kim Hodne
I?ve stopped looking for him everywhere
I?m not sure when that happened
I don?t search for him in crowds
Or his car on the road
I?ve stopped looking for him
Biking on the paths
Swimming in the ocean
Skiing down the hills
I?ve stopped watching for him
To pull up the drive way
And run in with a hug
And […]
Candace Lightner; MADD
May 1, 2008
Candace Lightner, founder of Mother’s Against Drunk Driving, shares her story of loss and hope. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2008/05/Candace_Lightner_050108.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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How Do I Help My Twin Sister?
April 21, 2008
Dear Dr. Gloria,
I am hopeful you can offer some thoughts on our situation. My twin sister went through a divorce in 2006. In March of 2007, our father fell ill and my sister and her youngest son, Cody, 13, moved in with him to take care of him.
Poem: To My Natasha
April 16, 2008
?To My Natasha,
Every tear I shed, I shed for you my angel.
The more tears I shed means the more I loved you,
so with out my tears I am nothing ,
My pain is also my love for you,
so how can I wish it away,
Without pain there would have been no love,
My pain is so deep I […]
Todd Hochberg: Bereavement Photography
April 3, 2008
Todd Hochberg created Touching Souls Photography which he uses to document the end of life of babies and children for their familes to remember them. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2008/04/Todd_Hochberg_040308.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Another Season and the Yellow Butterfly
April 1, 2008
April 22, 2004, my life was forever changed. My 14 year old daughter, Olivia Corinne Hoff passed away. It will be four years April 22, 2008.
As I look back now, I don’t even know how I survived. I didn’t think it was possible to live another day, another week, another month and another year, but I have. My grief journey continues to this day, such hard work, every day. For those parents who have lost a child, you all know too well how difficult this journey is. Along the way, I felt as though I were stuck, unable to move forward and, of course, not wanting to. By moving forward, I felt that I would be leaving Olivia behind, accepting life without her. I have moved on but in a different way. I will always have a broken heart, my life is not filled with joy, nor do I look forward to the future. It’s too hard to look beyond today.
Ann Hood: Death of a Daughter and Lies About Grief
March 6, 2008
Ann Hood shares about the death of daughter and her only child. She takes us on the journey of her inability to write and read and her journey back to writing. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2008/03/Ann_Hood_030608.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Nancy Rosenbledt: Finding Meaning After a Brother Dies of a Drug Overdose
February 21, 2008
Nancy Rosenbledt talks about the death of her brother due to a drug overdose. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2008/02/Nancy_Rosenbledt_022108.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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