What Does Grief Look Like When Someone’s Spouse Commits Suicide?
“At approximately 2:oo p.m. on November 2, 1993, my husband took his own life.” Barb Pekich puts words to a hurt...
What Does Grief Look Like When Someone’s Spouse Commits Suicide?
Death
How can we care for those who are terminally ill?
How can we care for those who are terminally ill?
Margaret Vermeer served as a missionary in Nigeria. When she was seven months pregnant, she received the report that a biopsy of a small tumor was malignant. Five weeks after the surgery to remove the tumors, she gave birth to a son, then began chemotherapy and radiation treatments. For two years she had a miraculous remission, but then gradually more tumors appeared.
I Remember
I Remember
When there is a death in a family, Christmas can be so painful because everyone else seems so happy. One mother...
Pass It On
Pass It On
By Sarah Gill-Northcutt It had been a year since my 18 month-old granddaughter Katie died of a birth defect, and I...
A Keepsake
A Keepsake
What is in your Bible? A faded dry flower? A note? A special picture? Recently at Bible study, Dori gently...
We Do Not Know
We Do Not Know
What about those who die with no faith? You might say, “My husband never prayed. My grandpa never worshiped. My...
How Are You REALLY?
How Are You REALLY?
Dee, who is dying from cancer, says in the novel Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, “Individuals ask me, how ARE...
Barb’s Story
Barb’s Story
Grief is a normal and natural process by which a person makes a healthy adjustment to any significant loss in his or her life. Any significant loss (the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, a broken marriage, deterioration of health, a shattered dream) triggers the process. Most people experience some or all of the below emotional responses when they lose anything or anyone important in their lives. But first, read Barb’s story:
