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    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Recovery in Pieces

    Thursday, October 31, 2019

    It’s been many years, many miles, and many tears since the early, raw days of being widowed. The life I am living now is one I would never have recognized […]

    Tags belongings, getting to the other side of grief, grief, grief and loss, grief recovery, hope, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

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    Can You Grieve for a Place?

    Friday, September 6, 2019

    My husband and I are moving in a month. He is paraplegic. I’m recovering from open heart surgery and have a pig valve in my heart. These factors made us […]

    Tags belongings, bereavement, change, coping with grief, hope, positives

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    Death of a Spouse

    The Stories We Tell Ourselves

    Wednesday, July 31, 2019

    Telling-Your-Child-About-a-Death

    What is the story you tell yourself about your loss? Even as a child, I understood the power of stories. Through words, I could escape into worlds far, far away. […]

    Tags coping with grief, getting to the other side of grief, grief, grief recovery, hope, Moving forward, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse

    10 Lessons Widowhood Has Taught Me

    1. You Can Go On Even When You Feel Like Giving Up I honestly didn’t think I’d survive the first month of being widowed, yet here I am… 88 months […]

    Tags grief, grief and loss, healing, hope, Moving forward, spouse loss

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    Turning Less Into More

    Wednesday, May 15, 2019

    Well, that was unexpected. It seems, even when dozens and dozens of years have passed, grief, and what triggers it, can still surprise me. I’m writing this on Mother’s Day. […]

    Tags coping with grief, getting to the other side of grief, grief, grief and loss, hope, Multiple Deaths, widow

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    Death of a Spouse

    Grief Through the Rearview Mirror

    Sunday, April 7, 2019

    This big, horrible thing happens. You lose the person with whom you chose to partner for the challenging, amazing, and, sometimes, scary thing called life. Each of us has our […]

    Tags getting to the other side of grief, grief, hope, resiliency, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

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    Head and Heart: Like the Acorn and the Oak Tree

    Friday, February 9, 2018

    Grasping a concept or idea intellectually is one thing: having it become a real part of who you are is something different. I once heard it said, “Scripture contains the […]

    Tags grief, healing, hope, religion, spirituality

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    Waiting for God to Respond to a Prayer

    Friday, December 22, 2017

    There is a classic psychological question you may be familiar with that is related to our ability to wait on God:  “If a tree falls in the forest and there […]

    Tags acceptance, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, coping with grief, hope

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    Finding the Strength You Need

    Thursday, June 8, 2017

    The death of a loved one is such a shock to the body and mind, you may wonder if you’re going crazy. You aren’t going crazy; you are grieving. In […]

    Tags bereavement, grief, healing, hope, personal stremgth

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    Healing After Miscarriage and Infertility

    Sunday, January 29, 2017

    From Healing the Grieving Heart radio, November 20, 2008 Listen to radio show archive: MP3 Link Kira Copperman is a social worker and the President of  KBC Consulting, a healthcare […]

    Tags grief, hope

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