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    Bereavement

    Tolerating the Intolerable: Beyond Numbing

    Thursday, August 6, 2015

    When the death of a loved one happens suddenly and unexpectedly, it can crack your heart wide open. The shock and pain of the loss is numbing at first because […]

    Tags anger, coping with grief, Depression, getting to the other side of grief, grief, Grief Support, healing

    Category Bereavement

    Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Renaming the Stages of Grief

    Tuesday, April 28, 2015

    Chances are, you’ve heard of the stages of grief Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced in her 1969 book, “On Death and Dying.” The stages are: 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining […]

    Tags acceptance, anger, bargaining, coping with grief, death of a child, denial, Depression, grief, Kübler-Ross, stages of grief

    Category Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Death of a Child

    The Terms of My Surrender

    Wednesday, September 17, 2014

    From the moment you came into my life, I hated you. I despised you. You came on the heels of my worst nightmare come true – the death of my […]

    Tags anger, attack, coping with grief, death, death of a child, defenses, emotions, fear, grief, learn, pain, support, surrender, survived, war

    Category Death of a Child

    Death of a Child

    God’s Plan in the Grocery Store

    Tuesday, June 24, 2014

    With my whole heart I can say that I am not afraid of anything in life now that I’ve watched my son die.  Nothing can ever be harder than that […]

    Tags anger, child loss, coping with grief, faith, grief and loss, humor

    Category Death of a Child

    Death of a Child

    ‘How Are You?’: A Silent Signpost for the Newly Bereaved

    Tuesday, November 19, 2013

    “How are you?” It is such a seemingly simple, benign question. Often, those who ask the question are not doing so out of real concern, but just as a polite, […]

    Tags anger, bereavement, grief, grief and loss, Grief Support, guilt, healing, Moving forward

    Category Death of a Child

    Other Losses, Your Grief

    Poem: The Thief

    Monday, July 8, 2013

    The night was cold, the fire burning old And the shepherd couldn’t take his eyes off his flock His stare was dry, life the air of the night And his […]

    Tags anger, grief, hopeless, writing

    Category Other Losses, Your Grief

    Death of a Spouse, Special Topics, Your Grief

    Father’s Day: Time to Discard Anger and Guilt

    Tuesday, June 11, 2013

    By Sandra Pesmen — If you want to celebrate any holiday, especially Father’s Day, you have to learn to deal with anger and guilt. Whether we widows admit it or […]

    Tags anger, Depression, grief, hope

    Category Death of a Spouse, Special Topics, Your Grief

    Other Losses, Your Grief

    Even mass tragedy should be personal

    Tuesday, July 26, 2011

    In recent months I’ve watched tragedy unfold far away from me, in places like Norway and Japan, and very close to me in my home state of Alabama. As I […]

    Tags anger, grief, hope, Multiple Deaths

    Category Other Losses, Your Grief

    Death of a Spouse

    Widowhood: The TV Reality Series

    Thursday, June 30, 2011

    Do you ever think that the networks are missing out on the ultimate reality series?  What has more drama, sick humor, running mascara, and (sometimes) hair-pulling than widowhood? When I […]

    Tags anger, belongings, funerals, money, Depression, guilt, signs and connections

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse

    Maintaining Friendships After a Spouse-Loss

    Tuesday, June 28, 2011

    I’ve been thinking a lot about friendships lately and how they change and I know that’s also on the minds of many of my widow(er) friends out there.  I guess […]

    Tags anger, belongings, Depression, funerals, guilt, money, signs and connections

    Category Death of a Spouse

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