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All The Feelings

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:February 21, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing How to Help Someone in Grief Loss of a Child
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If there is one thing I have learned so far on this journey, it is that grief is fluid. What I mean is that my feelings can range from deciding…

All The Stuff!

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:February 12, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Loss of a Child Loss of a Parent Loss of a Spouse
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When my grandparents passed away in the late 80s, and my parents more than 10 years ago, I inherited a couple of pieces of furniture that belonged to my grandparents,…

Can I Forgive?

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:February 5, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Healing Through Faith Loss of a Child
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We never know what the day may hold, do we? When I was 18 years old, getting ready to graduate from high school, anticipating my future life with excitement, a…

Grief upon Grief

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:February 1, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Through Faith How to Help Someone in Grief Loss of a Child
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Today, I just can’t... It’s one of those days where it all culminates and puts me into an almost paralyzed state. Compounded grief—ever heard of it? The definition of…

How Are You? – The Impossible Question

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:January 18, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing How to Help Someone in Grief
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“How are you?” I never know how to answer that question anymore. It can seem like a very silly and careless question, when you are going through grief. Do you…

Letting Others In

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:January 15, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Healing Through Faith How to Help Someone in Grief Loss of a Child Loss of a Parent
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I love to read. I thank my dear mother, who passed away in 2008, for instilling that adoration in me. She would go to the library and check out at…

Honoring a Loved One During COVID-19

Post author:Lisa Schardein
Post published:December 21, 2020
Post category:About Grief Loss of a Parent
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My mother-in-law, Martha Schardein, passed away on November 24th of this year after a long battle with cancer. Thankfully, she did not experience a lot of pain in the final…

Calm Down, Move On, Get Over It?

Post author:Debbie Brodfuehrer
Post published:September 19, 2020
Post category:About Grief How to Help Someone in Grief Loss of a Child
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Unexpectedly losing a loved one is hard to understand if you haven’t been through it yourself. It’s hard to describe but I’ll try using a scene from Jaws. I was…

Suicide in Teens and Children

Post author:Karen Buchanan
Post published:June 29, 2020
Post category:Loss By Suicide Loss of a Child Loss of a Friend
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Loss by Suicide in Teens and Children has been heavy on my heart recently as I have seen some close friends suffering these losses. I have been asking myself many…

Dating After Death: Part One

Post author:Debbie Brodfuehrer
Post published:June 10, 2020
Post category:About Grief Healing How to Help Someone in Grief Loss of a Spouse
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After years of suffering my spouse, my partner, my love finally died. My heart was shattered. I hardly knew where to look to start picking up the broken parts. I…