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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...
By Louanne Stanton
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015

When Someone Close to You Has Completed Suicide

Any death of a loved one can be traumatic, but when your loved one has taken their own life, the intensity of your grief can be severe. Your sense of reality may be destroyed and everything may fee...
By Sherry Williams White
In Suicide
Monday, November 9, 2015

How to Grieve as a Family

Jessie Flynn, writer, Life Coach and Grief Specialist shares this story to help families see how to approach grief as a unit.  She writes:  Our entire community mourned the loss of such a...
By Jesse Flynn
In Death of a Child
Monday, November 9, 2015

Some Men Cry

Men do cry. Deb Kosmer's poem takes a look at men and tears and how they are okay no matter how strong a man may think he is. by Deb Kosmer Two different men in two different houses Two differen...
By Deb Kosmer
In Poetry
Monday, November 9, 2015

Children, Loss and the Holidays

Since they are dealing with so many changes, be sure to tell your children you will, in fact, be celebrating the holidays. This assurance offers a child the security he or she needs to understand t...
By Sherry Williams White
In Coping During Holidays
Monday, November 9, 2015

Suddenly Single - Making the Shift from "We" to "Me"

A poignant story written by Michael Domingas about the death of his wife and life partner. As a young widower with a young child, Michael shares how the sudden realization that he was no longer mar...
By Michael Domingos
In Death of a Spouse
Monday, November 9, 2015

A Groundhog's Shadow

Through the story of the Groundhog's Shadow, Ann Leach teaches you not to dig a hole and hide from your grief. Don't be like the groundhog and disappear when you feel threatened by your environment...
By Ann Leach
In Coping with Grief
Monday, November 9, 2015
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