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Kelly Sibley: Healing From the Inside Out
August 20, 2023
Kelly Sibley, at the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends talks about giving yourself permission to feel difficult emotions https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Kelly-Sibley-Healing-From-the-Inside-Out.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Harriet Hodgson: Patience in Grief
August 19, 2023
Harriet Hodgson, at the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends talks grief and how she has moved through it. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Harriet-Hodgson-Patience-in-Grief.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Darle Heck: Finding Your People in Grief
August 18, 2023
Darle Heck, at the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends talks about the multiple loss of her sons and husband. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Darle-Heck-Finding-Your-People-in-Grief.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Rebecca Murphy: Online Grief Groups
August 18, 2023
At the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends Rebecca Murphy talks about finding support through online grief support. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Rebecca-Murphy-Online-Grief-Groups.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Rebecca Murphy: Self Care After the Death of a Child
August 18, 2023
Rebecca Murphy, at the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Rebecca-Murphy-Self-Care-After-the-Death-of-a-Child.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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After Daughter Dies, Mother Heals Slowly
August 17, 2023
After a Daughter Dies The experience of my daughter’s illness and death had seemingly sent me to hell and back. I became engulfed by rage, and my depression had finally whacked me out. It meant nothing to curl into a fetal position, with my back curved, head bowed, and all limbs bent and drawn in. I could have stayed that way endlessly. I’ll say this again: parents aren’t expected to live to bury their children. And when they do, the impact can be heartbreaking, devastating. Although the wounds mend, they are never fully healed—especially during holidays, birthdays, graduations, wedding ceremonies, […]
Sitting With My Daughter’s Body
August 16, 2023
Sitting With My Daughter’s Body When we walked toward China’s room, a cold wave passed through my body. On approaching the door, I noticed it was shut. “Why, why is the door closed?” I yelled out. No one answered. Obviously, they had their reason. I entered the room. China’s eyes were closed, and her face possessed a heavenly glow. Although China had been gone for some time, her body had been untouched. Embracing her, I felt that her body temperature had dropped—the touch of her skin was cold as ice. All of us in the room, including Craig, gathered around […]
When Your Teen Daughter Clings to Life
August 15, 2023
When Your Teen Daughter Clings to Life China was readmitted to South Suburban Hospital after having been released. The fear of losing her bonded our family. Many a night, the nurses came in the room to probe their needles deep into her flesh. No matter how hard they tried, the blood that flowed through her tiny veins no longer surfaced. There she lay in a hopeless, lifeless state. The blood that dried up in her veins now filtered through her urine. The catheter bag hanging from the tubes bore a deep flush of redness. Her struggle to end it all […]
Isabel Espinoza: Reaching Out After the Loss of a Child
August 15, 2023
At the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends Isabel Espinoza talks about finding support through The Compassionate Friends and peer to peer support. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Isabel-Espinoza-Reaching-Out-After-the-Loss-of-a-Child.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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