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Dancing with Angels
Throughout history, angels have been known as guiding spirits. They have been called "Messengers of God." Angels have been seen as encouraging souls whose purpose is to lead us through transformative events in our lives.Read more…Hospice Care Services
In this article, I will outline key points my fellow hospice team members and I have observed in our day to day work.. I have worked over 12 years as a Spiritual Counselor in Hospice Care. Each person teaches me something, though it is I who is supposed to minister to them in the final moments.Read more…Stephanie Rose Pierre - A Year Without Her
The worn yellow lines on Highway 17 were coming too swiftly, as each line indicated we were closer to seeing my little girl’s grave.Charlie, a thirty year old man who can no longer pretend to be a dumb kid is driving his pick-up truck, given to us by my brother, Johnny. The trip to Othello from Moses Lake is steeped in restless apprehension and agonizing about how we feel.Read more…LOSS: When the Heart Heals...A Widow's Story
At this point, widowed for about 18 months, I met Hal the night I attended my last “bereavement support group” meeting. I was instantly attracted to his energy. We seemed to have a lot in common, both professionally and emotionally.Read more…LOVE: When Your Widowed Parent Re-Marries...An Adult Child's Perspective
Chances are that you grew up in a two-parent family, a mom and a dad. Went to a local school, away to college, married, had children of your own. And then, tragedy struck and your mother passed away, leaving your father a widower.Read more…LOSS: Healing After Loss
Loss is a fact of life. Yet, following loss, their needs to be a healthy healing, a healing that allows life not only to simply continue, but with joy and determination. What are the elements that make up healing?Read more…LOSS: When Half Of A Whole Feels Like Zero...Excerpted from The Healing Power Of Grief
The mental fog that had sheltered me emotionally during those first four months after my husband’s death is slowly, and painfully, beginning to clear. Coincidently, this occurs just as the world around me appears to need me to get out and on with my life. And so, I’m finding that this is an important time in my mourning because with my newfound awareness comes the need to take a stand, to “own” my grieving process.Read more…LOSS: The Time Sequences of Grief: Moving Through Loss
The loss of a spouse is one of the most difficult loses we experience as your entire day-to-day life is turned upside-down. The grieving process following this loss is divided into five time sequences of grief. One to four months would be called SHOCK, five to eight months of mourning is DENIAL, nine to twelve months is ANGER, thirteen to seventeen months is DEPRESSION, eighteen to twenty four months is INTEGRATION, ADJUSTMENT and TRANSITION.Read more…Grieving Loss in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community
The pain of grieving is there for all losses, whether spouse or lover. A partnership transcends labels and roles and one’s partner is primary when a strong bond exists. Regardless of how the relationship is named, the pain of loss requires healing.Read more…LOSS and LOVE: Love Revisited...Helpful Do's & Don'ts for the Widow/Widower Embracing New Love
Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a new relationship that includes a commitment to sharing your lives? Can we overlap our loving and our grieving? The answer is a profound: YES!Read more…LOSS and LOVE: Transcending the Loss of a Spouse to New Love
The unimaginable has happened; you are a widow or widower. Mourning your loss has been the focus of your life for the past year or two. Finally, as you begin to surface from your profound grief, with a deep breath and lot or a little trepidation you find yourself falling in love again.Read more…Interview with Christy Lowry, author of "PAM, Life Beyond Death; Joy Beyond Grief"
We are so pleased to have with us Christy Lowry, all the way from Anchorage, Alaska, speaking with us today. She shares her incredible journey of experiencing the death of her daughter, the grieving process, and the healing that occurred.Irene: Your book “PAM: Life Beyond Death; Joy Beyond Grief” is dear to your heart.Read more…Cremation And The Wandering Jews
As every Jew knows, cremation is a no-no. That having been said, lots and lots of Jews are requesting that they be cremated. Why all of a sudden?Read more…Death
To die means to live no more. A person who was identified by a name, a family, a character, a nationality and many lovely values is no more. That person will never be found again on the earth ever again.Read more…Where the Soul Never Dies
This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding death resources. A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about death. Each of us find ourselves wondering about dying.Read more…A Child is Gone; An Auntie's Perspective
It was 9pm on the West Coast when I received the call. My brother and his family had been in an accident.My brother was in critical condition, unconscious, several broken bones and a gloomy prognosis.Read more…The Worst Thing About Loss
When my Mother died 28 years ago, all I wanted to do was come home from the cemetery, climb into bed under my "blankie," cover my face with the pillow, and never come out. I didn't want to see anyone or be with anyone. My Mama had just died, and as far as I was concerned, my life was over.Read more…Share Your Grief
Everyone gets to experience a moment of grief, loss and sadness at some point in their lifetime. Grief is something that follows a loss. Grief can take many forms: it can initially settle in as numbness and later evolve to become a mixture of sadness, anger, confusion, sense of being lost, frustration nd desperation.Read more…The Art of Death
There are things in life that I may never want to happen. There are things that I will try to hide from, try to keep away. There is though only one thing I fear, and that is death.Read more…Death Resources
This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding death resources. A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about death resources.Each of us find ourselves wondering about dying.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Grief Loss category
- The Gift - By: Angelique Ellerman
This article was written to help those who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. Death is just another stage in life, one that can be learned from and help each of us to evolve. Know that you are not alone and it will get better with time. - Crisis - How Will You Cope? - By: Tamara Johnson
Summarizes the grief process after crisis. Outlines the natural grief process that leads to healing. - Acknowledging and Supporting the Difficult Life Transitions of Those We Care About - By: Chellie Bonebrake
From the end of a relationship with a person, house, or job to the diagnosis and treatment of a serious illness, we all encounter struggles in our lives. A hug, a laugh and a supportive message from someone who cares go a long way in providing comfort to a heavy heart. Many people are unable to be with a friend or loved one as they adjust to a difficult situation. - For The New Widow - Three Things To Remember - When The Moon In The Sky Hits Like An Axe In The Eye - By: Linda Della Donna
It’s the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the month.The cat’s in the cradle and the dog’s in the yard.Or, is it the other way around? - If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) - By: Earl Erickson
A song written by R. Beresford and H. Sanders and sung by country music’s living legend, George Jones , entitled, If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will) , has a much different meaning for me today. - Balloons... To Release, Detached And Let Go? - By: K Amber
The past is over and nothing can be changed. We cannot accept the happening in the past so we tend to cling hard to that experience. We just let our future and present move fearing the past would repeat. - Communicating With Deceased Loved Ones - By: Yvonne Perry
My interest in the Afterlife and spirit communication began in earnest in 2000, when my life literally fell apart. There was an entity that began to manifest to comfort and console me as I was going through my divorce. Whenever I cried, this loving presence touched me in a warm and motherly way. - What Does God Have To Say About Death? - By: Jennifer C
The day we are born, we begin to die. It’s a given fact of life, yet one which we spend much of our lives trying to ignore or defy.The writer of Ecclesiastes wrote “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die .. - I Will Never Die! - By: Yvonne Perry
That is a bold statement, but you see, I no longer believe in death. My body may demise and my spirit may depart from it, but who I am (my essence) will NOT die.Some people view death as a fearful tragedy, the end of a life, a sad finality. - Life on the Other Side - By: Yvonne Perry
If only we knew what was on the Other Side of this life! Knowing for sure what lies ahead might make a difference in how we view dying and aging and how we handle the death of a loved one.Much of our fear about death is rooted in delusions and distorted ways of looking at life and the world around us.