David Fajgenbaum, Founder of National Students of AMF, Critically Ill
Editor’s Note: David Fajgenbaum is a friend of The Grief Blog who has done a monumental job of helping college students deal with the death of a loved one. We received this email about him. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Today’s report is that he is stable but still in ICU.
Dear friends,
It [...]
Video of The Compassionate Friends National Conference
TCF’s 33rd National Conference has ended, but the love, caring, and sharing remain in the hearts of those 1350 who were able to attend. Those looking back at what they experienced at the conference have to remember the great keynote speakers, the many grief related workshops, and the Walk to Remember, just to name a [...]
10-Minute Emotional Exercise – Remembering Early Grief Helps You Savor Your New Life
By Harriet Hodgson -
More than three years have passed since four family members died. The shock of multiple losses — my elder daughter, father-in-law, brother, and former son-in-law — brought me to my knees.
For my Mama: Gone So Long But Never Forgotten
By Shaakiera Schroeder -
Almost fifteen years have passed
Seems like a lifetime
In fact,
It is, the good half of mine.
It is the half in which I had you,
Where my days were filled with unconditional love and support.
Even the craziest of my dreams, I would hear you say “why Not”
You were always there…
Ready for anything …
Always there…breakfast, lunch [...]
Breakdown to Breakthrough
Some years ago my whole life collapsed around me following the death of my father, losing a home, a divorce and to top it all I had to let go of my job. All within a 4 month period. In the words of the doctor he said that I was going through a “breakdown”. In the midst of all this loss and grief, I came to the simple realisation while going though all of this crisis to change the wording and I kept reminding myself that I was actually going though a “breakthrough”.
For Easter: An Egg Story
By Beverly Chantalle McManus –
I’m a big believer in fortune cookies. In fact, I’ve long thought that if read very l loudly — so that everyone else in the restaurant can hear — the fortunes will come true. I don’t know if there is any way to scientifically prove my theory, but I do like [...]
I AM HERE! I LOVE YOU…I CARE!
By Shaakiera Schroeder -
Rooted (Anchored in stone)
My roots are your roots,
All that nourishes you, also nourishes me
That which devastates you, will destroy me
At first you stood in the center of the world
So sturdy…so strong…a Rock to all,
Life ripped from you_
Shattered to pieces…
Shattered to the core.
My roots are your roots,
When you bleed,
I bleed.
Our souls entwined…
Leave the [...]
Grief Poems by Shaakiera Schroeder
Wednesday lost
By Shaakiera Schroeder
As “The” day draws nearer
Spirits sink lower
Fears rise, higher.
Not completely sure why,
It’s as if we expect something…or
“That” to happen again…
Anything worse…is impossible!
Still so unbelievable _ surreal almost.
Two months short of a year
And we continue to struggle to grasp the fact_
You’re gone!
How do you go about planning an Angel Day…?
When you can’t believe…
Yet [...]
A Mother’s Poems for Her Son Poems by Chantal Hajee
The following four poems were written by a mother in memory of her son. We have found that writing poetry, prose or music helps us heal. It is a way to express your deepest and most painful thoughts in constructive way – the opposite of depression is expression. We wish Chantal and all you who [...]
