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Navigating The Holidays

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:November 2, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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The holidays will never be the same after you lose someone you love. Especially if it was an immediate family member. Many people completely abandon the traditions of the past…

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Longer Nights

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:October 26, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Spouse
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This is the time of the year when we set our clocks back and lose that precious daylight. It makes for a much longer night for many, especially grieving widows.…

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Run south child…

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:October 19, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on asummer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the cloudsfloat across the sky,…

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Do I have to go…?

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:October 12, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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Several months into my grief journey, I felt I needed to look into grief support groups in town. I wasn’t ready to share too much, but I was willing to…

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:October 5, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide
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We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best…

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Valleys and Mountain tops….

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:September 27, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief
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I kept this little framed quote by my bed for years and read it daily to help keep me moving… I wish I knew who wrote it because they deserve…

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Close the blinds

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:September 21, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief
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Honestly, I have never suffered from clinical depression, which is defined as “a mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment…

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Survivors Guide To Four Letter Words

  • Post author:First Hour Grief Response
  • Post published:September 14, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing Through Faith/Loss of a Child
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SURVIVORS GUIDE TO FOUR LETTER WORDS   It took at least two years before I would accept that I was a survivor.  It took a little longer to understand how…

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What’s with the paddles and a lava lamp?

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:September 7, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Spouse
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Several close friends were instrumental in my healing. One person in particular took it upon herself to gently insist that I see a psychiatrist after the loss of my husband.…

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What’s in a monogram?

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:August 31, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Spouse
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Several years before my husband passed away, I took gift items to a sweet little shop to have them monogrammed. One of the owners (I’ll use the name Libby for…

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