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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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…