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02/27/2018
A guest post by Katie Wilson 26 years ago, the phone rang in my college apartment. I had just spent the afternoon in the library studying, and now I was enjoying a movie rental and dinner with the love of my life, my boyfriend Jay. What more could a 21-year-old ask for, right? Life was […]
10/03/2017
Debbie was a stay-at-home mom of four young boys when her husband passed away unexpectedly. At 35, she was thrust into widowhood. “In an instant, my worst fear became my reality. An unchangeable reality,” writes Debbie, in this blog post. Debbie, who is a fitness coach, recalls the weeks immediately following her husband’s death as […]
08/03/2017
By Amanda Price The calming peace and healing value of being in nature has a place in everyone’s life but may be especially meaningful for someone who is mourning. A recently shared story by a grieving widow recalled how she determined to visit every one of the 31 parks in our county as a means […]
When there is a loss, some people process the loss within themselves. They do not want to talk about it. So how do you care for someone who is grieving a significant loss but does not want to talk about his or her feelings and struggles? When Laura’s dog Lacey died, the loss was very […]
02/05/2017
What does a phone booth with a disconnected phone inside have to do with grieving? First of all, maybe you are wondering what a phone booth is. Before cell phones, if you were traveling or away from your home phone and wanted to make a phone call, you would look for a small booth with […]
03/18/2016
Donna shares, “With no apparent symptoms at the tender age of three and a half months our son, Justin, died. It happened in the evening just after my husband had left for a meeting. I rushed my baby to the hospital, but the doctors could not revive him. Many people avoided talking about Justin. It […]
12/09/2014
I know that many people are experiencing loss, especially at this time of year. For example, you may have been divorced since the last Christmas, or one of your sons or daughters may be at war, or a friendship may have been broken over the last year. Perhaps health problems have robbed you of many […]
