Taking a Look at How Drunk Driving Effects You
While driving any type of motorized vehicle, it is vital to consider the safety of any and all passengers in the vehicle. Many accidents that happen along the United States roadways are caused by drivers who neglect simple safety measures and disobey laws that were put into place for a reason. Driving Drunk is one [...]
DUI Accidents and Fatalities
 DUI Accidents Can Affect Others & Increase DUI Penalties
Driving under the influence is often defined as driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or both types of substances. Regardless of the substance used in an offense, driving under the influence has the potential to cause serious injuries and extensive property damage. In most states, DUI [...]
The Enormous Effects Of Drunk Driving
When it comes to driving any type of vehicle, we should always consider the interest and safety of our passengers. Accidents that happen on the roads were generally caused by drivers who neglects on following safety measures, one of which is drunk driving which endangers the not only the lives of the drivers but their [...]
Candace Lightner, Founder of MADD to Appear on Healing the Grieving Heart Radio – May
Candace Lightner (born 1946) transformed a personal tragedy into a crusade against drunk driving. She founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving, a grass-roots organization dedicated to curbing alcohol-related traffic deaths.
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Lightner was born May 30, 1946, to Dykes Charles Dodderidge and Katherine Dodderidge in Pasadena, California. She graduated from high school in 1964. After attending American River [...]
The Winners of the Poetry Contest
We are so pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Grief Blog Poetry Contest. The entries were beautiful and heartfelt and it was so very difficult to judge. Each one is truly a winning sentiment. Those who won are:
1st Place – Kim Hodne: I’ve Stopped Looking for Him Everywhere
2nd Place – Mrs. Blanche [...]
How Friends Help After Death
How Friends Help After Death is the topic of our show, Healing the Grieving Heart, which airs on Thursday, April 24. Each guest has authored a book which may be of interest to many of you.
Barbara Francis authored Unexpected Turns: Leaning Into the Losses of Life. See the picture to the left and click on the picture to [...]
A Grieving Mother in the UK Reaches Out For Help in Her Grief
I am here in the UK, an intelligent,12 stepped councillor who always had all the answers until my only son, 21, died from a tragic accident on 13 March 2008. I never wanted children, in fact I had two terminations but when I fell pregnant with my husband at 35 years old I was astonished [...]
How Do I Help My Twin Sister?
Dear Dr. Gloria,
I am hopeful you can offer some thoughts on our situation. My twin sister went through a divorce in 2006. In March of 2007, our father fell ill and my sister and her youngest son, Cody, 13, moved in with him to take care of him. He passed away on September 24, 2007. [...]
Mourning – I Don’t Cry Because I’m Weak, I Cry Because I’m Strong
Crying is usually the first response to a death in the family. I cried when the surgeon said our daughter was brain dead. The events that followed — disconnecting life support, signing organ donor documents, making burial arrangements — made me sob. But that was just the beginning of my sorrow.
Two days later my father-in-law [...]
