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LOVE: When Your Widowed Parent Re-Marries…An Adult Child’s Perspective
February 11, 2007
Chances are that you grew up in a two-parent family, a mom and a dad. Went to a local school, away to college, perhaps married, and maybe even had children of your own. If you are like many of us, then tragedy struck, and your mother (or father) passed away, leaving your surviving parent a widower. He, or she, has mourned the loss and, in time, while still embracing the memories of your departed parent, met someone new and fell in love, ready once again to enjoy a full life, perhaps to even re-marry, and you find yourself exchanging parenting […]
The Anticipatory Grief of Dementia
November 21, 2006
Dementia – the loss of intelligence, reasoning, memory, and will – is an awful thing to happen to anyone. There are many causes of dementia: Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, thyroid problems, poor nutrition, drug interactions, brain tumor, and degenerative disease. I was my mother’s caregiver for nine years and watched, helplessly, as dementia changed her appearance, personality, and mind. Every day of caregiving was a day of anticipatory grief. I worried about myself. If I felt this badly now, how would I feel after my mother died?
Grief: Remember Your Loved One With a Memory Cook Book
November 17, 2006
After the death of a loved one some families make quilts from their loved one’s clothes. Other families compile memory books. I did something different for my family; I made a memory cook book. After my mother-in-law died my sister-in-law and I looked through her old recipe box. Actually, there were four boxes, and the recipes inside were grouped loosely into categories.
Child Bereavement: Words of Comfort for a Child
November 12, 2006
Young people need as much time to grieve after the death of someone close, whether they show it or not. The most common issue for a parent is that the child doesn’t seem to be distressed so they don’t want to upset them. Children are in a world where they are used to not having control over things and therefore often accept things quicker that doesn’t mean that it is ok with them though. Their feelings can be hidden from people, the child often watches the grown up to see how they are ?supposed to react. It is a very […]
