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Chance Meeting and Comfort in a Discount Store 26 Aug 2013 | 01:42 pm
I went to my favorite discount store to see the new fall clothing. While I was pushing my cart past a woman, I commented, “Passing on the right.” After I passed the woman I turned to her and said, “We...
When the Mirror Breaks: Loss of a Close Sibling 26 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
“Siblings are the only relatives, and perhaps the only people you’ll ever know, who are with you through the entire arc of your life…Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along...
Learning Acceptance During Loss and Change 24 Aug 2013 | 01:40 pm
Change and transformation are a necessary part of life. Until we are willing to enter into the process with our whole heart, we cannot really let go of the past. The new emerges out of the old. Truly,...
Episode #19 : Rebuilding Life After Loss 23 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
On This show grief specialist Alan Pedersen discusses loss and how he found hope again after the loss of his daughter, Ashley. Anne Castaldo also discusses the death of her son and the founding of th...
Forging New Bonds with Our Loved Ones 23 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
Perhaps you would like to do something meaningful yet easy to remember your loved one this weekend. You could take a walk to find a special stone or something from nature to put in your garden or wind...
Personal Growth Following a Loss: One Parent’s Story 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Providence blinked facing the sun Where are we left to carry on “Until the Day is Done”, by R.E.M Providence Blinked According to Dictionary.com, providence is defined as, among other things, the fore...
Franklin Cook: Dealing with Parental Suicide 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Franklin Cook, whose father died by suicide in 1978, is a consultant, speaker, and trainer in peer grief support. After volunteering as a support group facilitator, he became an advisor to the Suicide...
Grief Marathon 22 Aug 2013 | 01:37 pm
Two weeks after her husband’s death on June 30, 2000, trying to get the grief behind her, Diane Dettmer accepted a new position as a literacy staff developer. Traveling with colleagues to training ses...
Panic Attack After the Death of a Spouse 22 Aug 2013 | 05:36 am
I never quite understood what people meant when they said they had a panic attack. I remember thinking, “Oh, it’s all made up in your head. You can control it.” I imagined an anxiousness and fear, but...
Birds Connected with Death as Well as Life 21 Aug 2013 | 01:19 pm
Since my husband Doug died, I find myself studying the behavior of the birds as I feed them in my yard. I have read that birds sense death before it happens and they come to warn us. Some people belie...
