Coping with Grief

Finding Something to Notice

The wife of one of the 9/11 heros shares a story about how important it is to remember the little things in life, the little things that happen daily, that we take for granted. She stresses how imp...
By Susan Smith
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Getting It Write

Susan Smith editor and writer provides insight into the power of words as she encourages those who are grieving to journal. When you put things into words, you make what your are feeling and thinki...
By Susan Smith
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

6 Steps for Getting Through the First Year of Grief

Written by Julie Raque, this article gives you simple and very practical tips on how to lessen the burden of grief. Julie, a young widow with children, explains some of the things she did...
By Julie Raque
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Grandma and the Cake

Life is full of all sorts of “yucky” ingredients. The many things that happen to us all contribute to who we are and who we are constantly becoming. And even in grief, something good can come out o...
By An enlightening story from the internet
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Heading for Hope

Are you looking for hope? Do you feel like you will never find or feel it again? These are normal reactions when someone you love has died.  Sherry Williams White, nurse, writer and grief spec...
By Sherry L. Williams
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

Holding Tight to Memories

Susan Smith, writer and editor, shares three different stories about how people have honored their grief and created memories so they could move into the future holding onto love shared. These thre...
By Susan Smith
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

How to Dance in the Rain

True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be and will not be. The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; th...
By Unknown
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015
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Pathways to Peace

Richard Santore, author and editor, shares 10 suggestions or guideposts to help you find your way to hope, freedom and healing.  His coping strategies will give you peace of mind as you move t...

Role Model: How One Woman Lives Out the Role She Was Cast In

Rachael Zients, grieving child, mother, writer and grief specialist, shares the story about her Father's death and the book that her mother wrote about her after the death of her dad. Rachael share...

Single Again but Still a Parent

Being a single parent is not an easy job. It is even more difficult when your loved one has died and you are trying to deal with your own pain and grief as well as helping your children deal with t...

Survivors Include . . .

Louanne Stanton writes, "I was once told that grief is like an overwhelming wave that washes you from your familiar shore. This powerful and all-consuming force tumbles you in a suffocating en...

The Alzheimer's Challenge

Jessie Flynn, writer, Life-Coach, and grief specialist, shares a story of loving devotion, double loss and invaluable support as she tells the story of a families battle with alzheimers disease and...

The Fence

During grief, families often find themselves arguing over things that are just things. Susan Smith, editor and writer, tells a story about uniting two brothers and the power of forgiveness. Life is...

The Fern and the Bamboo

Sherry White shares a story that she received from a friend.  The original writer of this allegory is unknown but the simple truths in this story about "The Bamboo and the Ferm"  will war...