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When Your Brother or Sister Has Died

The relationship with a brother or sister is a special relationship, some good and some not so good but one that is carried with us through lilfe. When a sibling dies, it is normal to feel that a p...
By Sherry L. Williams
Monday, November 9, 2015

Winter’s End

The more I have learned about grief, the more it has struck me that in many ways it is not unlike our weather. Those of us who are are grieving often wonder: When will this end? When will I be bet...
By Deb Kosmer
Monday, November 9, 2015

Composing Grief

Dr. Lee Drake and Sherry Williams White share coping tips for the grieving family. They stress that communication is the key for a family coping with grief. It is important to be together to t...
By Dr. Lee Drake, Ph.D and Sherry Williams White, RN,GRS
Monday, November 9, 2015

Living Trusts Take the Pressure Off of Families

Dale Rollings is a financial planner, he works with individuals after the death of a loved one to help them determine how best to protect their estate. He provides options for investing and managin...
By Dale R. Rollings
Monday, November 9, 2015

Life Gives Us Pain, but Misery is Optional

When a deep and profound love is ripped apart by death, how does the surviving person move on with life? What is it that allows one person to bear and work through the grief while another is devast...
By Thomas Strauser
Monday, November 9, 2015

Men

Deb Kosmer, nurse, writer and grief specialist, shares her experience with a special men's only support group. Her poem and the story she writes about this experience is inspiration for men wh...
By Debi Kosmer
Monday, November 9, 2015

The Ruby Slippers

When someone dies, though, it doesn’t matter how many times we wake up; they have still died and we are still left to face a new and uncertain future without them. Tough we may wish that we could w...
By Deb Kosmer
Monday, November 9, 2015

Previous Posts

Chocolate Chip Mint

Andy Landis shares her personal reflections about taking life for granted and how important it is sometimes to just stop and savor the moments because life just passes all too quickly. Ev...

Need Washing

A simple story from the internet that talks about faith, trust, and friendship. It is a good example to follow and reminds us not to take for granted any time we have to make memories. Author Unkn...

The Daffodil Principle

The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration. That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time—often one baby-step at a time—an...

Bella

A child can often open the eyes of an adult on levels we could never comprehend. Come let Bella give you permission to grieve and to love through this simple story about cherishing life and enjoyin...

Children Can Learn Now - Coping Skills for a Lifetime

Sherry Williams White presents information about children in grief and what we can do to help them. She explains that, by allowing children to explore the many dimensions of hurt, loss, p...

Helping Children Understand Death

Suzanne Howell, writer and Christian Counselor provides practical information for helping children deal with the death of a loved one. She provides information to help parents, teachers and caregiv...

How to Help Children Cope with Death

Explaining death to children can be a challenge especially when as adults, we struggle with trying to comprehend what has happened ourselves. It is important to be honest and open with ch...