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Posted by The Grief Blog on September 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Thursday, October 2, 2008 Serving Others in Honor of Our Daughters: Marrianne Dietzel and Linda Bergh and Writing to Heal the Loss of a Husband and Child: Dianne Rooks
Marianne Dietzel and Linda Bergh lost their teenage daughters, Nina and Kirsten, in a car accident in 1996. Their mutual losses brought them through grief and gave [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
By Kristen Spexarth
Why do we say
committed suicide?
I mean, why not say she committed love
or he committed laughter?
Words uttered from mouths removed
having never tasted it
wreck a curious kind of havoc
in the heart of many survivors.
And the breach that causes such offense
along with the need to stigmatize
is it not more insult to our vanity,
more reminder of our [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
By Kirsten Bergh
I thought I heard your footsteps
Running toward me,
Disturbing the stones.
But when I opened my eyes,
I saw it was only the waves,
Pulling and swirling like hands.
I thought I felt your smile
Warm and loving upon my face,
But when I opened my eyes
I saw it was only the sun
Beaming at me from across the water.
I thought [...]
Posted by Reg Green on September 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Reg Green and his family made headlines worldwide in 1994 by donating their 7-year-old son’s organs after the boy was shot in a botched robbery. Now, Reg reports, the number of Americans waiting for organs is nearing 100,000. What can you do to help?
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: this is the poem read on Healing the Grieving Heart on 9/25/2008 by our guest, Sue Gilbert. It was written by her daughter who was killed in a van rollover.
Man Will Prevail
By Amanda Gilbert
Hear the tales of others
Take sorrow in their pain
Help them with their lives
Until they find their feet again
Lend them a [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 25, 2008 · 1 Comment
We are taught from a young age how to acquire things but we have to learn on the fly what to do when we lose them. We are all better educated in how to drive a car than we will ever be about death, divorce or other emotional losses.
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 24, 2008 · 31 Comments
My son just died suddenly on September 4, 2008. The family is talking about what we will do for the holidays, and I do not respond. I just cannot think of doing anything. I always loved this time of year, especially Halloween. But I cannot bring myself to go up into the attic for the [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The etiquette of being thoughtful
Last month my sister loss a baby; we were all very sad specially my mom, as we had dinner next day, we were discussing on how to help Lisa during this difficult times, we came up we many ideas but at the end the resolution was to Google our way out. [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 23, 2008 · 3 Comments
Dear Grief Blog,
I have a relative who lost her 19 year old son six months ago in a motorcycle accident.
The two were extremely close and loved each other very much.
Some of the family are worried that she is having trouble coping. She seems to be having trouble letting go.
She has covered her entire house with [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on September 23, 2008 · 1 Comment
Since the beginning of recorded history on this Earth, human beings have had to deal with the heartfelt sadness and grieving experienced with the process of dying and death. Even though as the quote goes, “The only things for certain in life are death and taxes”, many of us, in fact, most of us, have or have had fears or anxieties about death and dying.
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