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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
  • Post comments:1 Comment

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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Grieving Uncertainty

  • Post author:Lisa Schardein
  • Post published:April 1, 2020
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/Loss of a Child
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I’m not sure what I’m feeling. It’s very much like grief and has taken me back to the months that followed after my son, Ben Koier, passed away. It’s this…

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Prayer Shawl

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:March 20, 2019
  • Post category:Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief
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I am often asked, “What brought you comfort in the early days?” The same memory usually pops in my mind that I like to share. It was about a week…

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Sitting on the Jet…Pause… Observe…

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:November 23, 2018
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief
  • Post comments:1 Comment

I’m sitting on a packed plane getting ready to leave town. A child behind me is screaming. Her mom is doing her best to console her. Most passengers have technology…

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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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God and Me

  • Post author:Debbie Brodfuehrer
  • Post published:June 22, 2016
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing Through Faith
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So many things have shaped my faith ~ few like grief.I had loved Tom, cared for him as he died and released him to a loving Heavenly Father who would someday…

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