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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Dating After Death: Part One

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…

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Honor Your Loved One During COVID-19

Honor Your Loved One During COVID-19

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:April 13, 2020
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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Burying a loved one is hard enough and now we cannot celebrate their life with family and friends? I remember the day that my son, Ben, passed away. We had…

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He’s Here!

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:July 22, 2019
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Spouse
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July 2, 2019 changed my world! One of the richest gifts was bestowed on this mom! My first biological grandchild entered the world! My grandson, Tate, was born to my…

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Who Will Be Next?

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:July 16, 2019
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child
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I didn’t know much about grief when my son, Ben, passed away. I certainly have learned a lot over the past eight years.  Something I didn’t expect from our loss…

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Just a Day at the Gym or so I Thought…

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:March 26, 2019
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/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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Recently I went to the gym to do my typical workout routine. I had a lot on my mind with work, family, grocery list etc…. But something made me stop,…

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