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Harriet Hodgson: Healing Multiple Losses
December 8, 2022
Have you been coping with multiple losses? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their inspirational guest Harriet Hodgson bereaved parent and spouse and author of 44 published books including Daisy A Day: Hope for a Grieving Heart. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Harriet-Hodgson_-Healing-Multiple-Losses.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Maryanne O’Hara: Finding Light in the Dark
December 1, 2022
Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Maryanne O’Hara bereaved mom and the author of LITTLE MATCHES, A MEMOIR OF FINDING LIGHT IN THE DARK. Her story has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe, Psychology Today, and People Magazine. She lectures on topics including chronic illness, bereavement, and secular spirituality. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Maryanne-OHara_-Finding-Light-in-the-Dark.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Art Brings Hope: Faces Not Forgotten
November 28, 2022
The following is excerpted from From Bullet to Bullhorn: Stories of Advocacy Activism and Hope, by Lois Schaffer, a compilation of stories by 18 people located in various states throughout the U.S. These stories are indicative of human resilience, turning tragedies into advocacy, activism and the preservation of life. Christine Ilewski Huelsmann: St. Louis Missouri: On May 16, 2009, I woke up to a phone call. A close friend, Fr. Lorenzo (Larry) Rosebaugh, OMI (a Missionary Oblate Immaculate priest) had been gunned down in Guatemala. There was no apparent motive. The car he was driving with three other priests was […]
Son’s Death Inspires Activism
November 25, 2022
The following is excerpted from From Bullet to Bullhorn: Stories of Advocacy Activism and Hope, by Lois Schaffer, a compilation of stories by 18 people located in various states throughout the U.S. These stories are indicative of human resilience, turning tragedies into advocacy, activism and the preservation of life. Ron and Norma Molen, Salt Lake City, Utah. whose son died from gun violence writes: Our son, Steven was murdered on April 23, 1992, on the fourteenth floor of the graduate dormitory at Indiana University. Steven was dating a graduate student who was being stalked by a German ex-boyfriend who was […]
How Holidays Have Changed Since My Daughter Died
November 16, 2022
This Christmas will be the eighth Christmas since my daughter Shayna passed away at the age of just fifteen years old. While Shayna was (and is) special in many ways, she was a typical kid because she loved Christmas. In our family, the holidays and birthdays were all bundled together. Our wedding anniversary was in early November, followed closely by my older daughter’s birthday in late November, Thanksgiving, Christmas, then Shayna’s birthday in early January. She couldn’t get enough of the late fall and early winter celebrations. When Shayna passed away, it changed everything about our lives. Holidays and birthdays […]
Mother Responds to Gun Violence
November 13, 2022
Mother Responds to Gun Violence The following is excerpted from From Bullet to Bullhorn: Stories of Advocacy Activism and Hope, by Lois Schaffer, a compilation of stories by 18 people located in various states throughout the U.S. These stories are indicative of human resilience, turning tragedies into advocacy, activism and the preservation of life and justice. Mary Hennings, St. Louis, Missouri, speaks about how she survived gun violence. She was shot herself, and has lost two sons to gun violence. I have a strong belief in God. Taking lives that God created and devastating families, some dying from broken hearts […]
Maria Soter: Young Children Dealing with Grief and Loss
November 10, 2022
Do you have a grieving child Under Age 5? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Maria Soter expert in Social Services talk about helping young siblings. Maria is the founder of The Sammy Center named for her deceased son Sammy. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Maria-Soter_-Young-Children-Dealing-with-Grief-and-Loss.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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When the Pregnancy Test Looks Bad
October 30, 2022
The Pregnancy Test Looks Bad “The baby may be developing the same thing that caused our first baby’s death,” I informed my mother in a broken voice. My face was covered by a wet film of sweat. I was ashen underneath. When the words left my lips, my mouth swelled. I breathed heavily and erratically. I felt like my heart had stopped beating. My mother fell into the couch, slumped over. She looked at the floor and clutched her breast like someone who had been shot by an assassin. There was no blood, but she was drenched in horror. The […]
Finding Hope After Multiple Losses
October 26, 2022
At the Helping Parents Heal in Phoenix, AZ 2022; Shining Light Parent, Daisy, shares her journey after the transition of her son and how she found hope and healing. Thank you for sharing the journey from bereaved to shining light parent. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Finding-Hope-After-Multiple-Losses.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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