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. […]
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Turning Less Into More
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Special Topics, Your Grief
At Thanksgiving, Say Their Names
Friday, November 25, 2016
This article was first published on Open to Hope in 2010. Thursday will be the 21st Thanksgiving I’ve lived through following the death of my 18-month-old daughter Erin in 1990. […]
Death of a Child, Special Topics, Your Grief
What Bereaved Families Can Expect – Interview with Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART What Bereaved Families Can Expect As Time Goes On Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Harriet Sarnoff Schiff June 16, 2005 Today I am much honored […]
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 […]
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Boarders Without Borders: How New Events Trigger Old Grief
Monday, May 30, 2011
Have you ever had an unseen boarder that caused emotional turmoil, penetrating all of your carefully closeted borders and refusing to leave? Only recently did I recognize unresolved grief as […]
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After Hospice Experience, Woman Volunteers
Sunday, May 29, 2011
I had been thinking about becoming a hospice volunteer for a while. It would come to me as a passing thought every now and then. I would consider it for […]
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Grief Has Its Own Timetable
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
After the death of someone we love, our grief experience and overall healing has everything to do with our relationship to the deceased, the intensity and depth of the love […]
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The Comfort of a Red Cardinal in Wintertime
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Losing four family members within nine months has been, and continues to be, the most challenging experience of my life. My daughter and father-in-law died the same weekend. Several months […]
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Playing Hide-and-Seek with Grief
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The church service had just begun and the congregation and guests were greeting one another. A friend, who knew four of my family members died in 2007, approached me and […]
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Always Counting: Anniversary of a Daughter’s Death
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Today is the fourth anniversary of my daughter’s death. I’ve been dreading this day for several weeks because it reminds me, yet again, of the finality of loss. It also […]
