After the Death of a Child
Posted by The Grief Blog on April 7, 2009 · 11 Comments
My very dear friends lost their wonderful, beautiful 4-year-old daughter & granddaughter, Haylee, to a drowning accident 2 years and 10 months ago. Haylee was beautiful enough to be a model, had the sweetest heart that ever beat, was incredibly happy & healthy, and she was the apple of their eye.
I want to comment on [...]
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Loss and Bereavement – How Can You Help Those Coping With the Loss of a Loved One?
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 21, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Mel Menzies -
Many of the things we do in life involve training prior to the event. We speak of potty training our children; teaching them good manners; we school them in the three R’s; educate them at college; instruct them in how to apply for a job; offer guidance and advice (wanted or otherwise) [...]
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My Daughter Died – Who Am I Now?
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 20, 2009 · 4 Comments
By Harriet Hodgson -
The death of a child is a stunning blow and changes a parent’s life forever. It is an out-of-turn death — something that should not happen. My daughter died at age 45 from the injuries she received in a car crash. Her death changed my identity and my life. Some of the [...]
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The Empty Chair
Posted by The Grief Blog on December 11, 2008 · 5 Comments
By: Darcie D. Sims, Ph.D., CGC, CHT –
There’s an empty chair in our house and I am not sure what to do with it. It’s been empty a long time and although we’ve moved more than a few times since it became empty, we still haul it around with us. It’s not a particularly classic [...]
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Take Part in Child Bereavement Research (for Parents)
Posted by The Grief Blog on October 23, 2008 · 5 Comments
As you may have heard on “Healing the Grieving Heart”, a new child bereavement study is being conducted by a doctoral student at Seattle Pacific University. This study investigates the positive and negative personal and relationship outcomes of parents who have lost a child based on questions about you, your present relationship with your partner, [...]
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Acceptance
Posted by The Grief Blog on October 23, 2008 · 1 Comment
by Kim Perlmutter -
Acceptance
Almost 3 years of literally forging on; relearning to live with purpose and interest and go on without my sweetest son Joseph Aaron Perlmutter alive to mother. Instead I am now mothering earth and creating beauty for other people that I find who are wanting to have beauty added to their lives [...]
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A Gift from Charlie
Posted by The Grief Blog on October 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
By Kim Perlmutter -
I have had the most endearing thing happen tonight related to a
comforting, random when you least expect it….
a little token gift for Joseph’s Mommy…..
Just got in from going to my friend Ashely’s house for a scheduled 6 pm
garden consultation at her request… Her son Charlie and my son
Joseph knew each other their [...]
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I Must Finally Say Goodbye
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 21, 2008 · 35 Comments
By Myra Lemmons
Soon, it will be two years since you ceased to be here. I won’t give in to all the basic thought processes we have been trained to perform: that you are in a better place, that you are floating on a cloud with a smile on your transparent angel face, that you are [...]
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Can We Enjoy Life After the Death of a Child? Learning About Grief and Life
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 4, 2008 · 31 Comments
The death of a child is painful, devastating, crippling. But, if we do the right things, we can learn to live and enjoy again. Find out how.
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Surviving The Suicide of a Child
Posted by Death of a Child on August 5, 2008 · 9 Comments
On December 13, 2004, my world shattered into a million pieces. After a 2 year long battle with schizophrenia, my youngest son, Jonathan took his own life at the age of 19. The day Jonathan died, I kept telling myself this is the worst day of my life. Little did I know through the haze of shock that surrounded me,that there would be many more worse days to follow.
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