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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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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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Post-Traumatic Growth

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:May 30, 2020
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing
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“Trauma doesn’t have to defeat you. It can be a perfect opportunity for growth. Don’t just make a comeback. Use it as a catalyst forward.”  ~ Matt McWilliams A friend…

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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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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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GUILT

  • Post author:Pat Coots
  • Post published:January 9, 2020
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Loss of a Child
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“We love our children above all else and we never do anything to intentionally harm them.” (Revised words of wisdom from my mom that if she had been living she would have…

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The Wonderful Bundle

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:December 10, 2019
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Loss By Suicide
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They found me. I was hiding from all of the Thanksgiving merriment in the basement, napping on the couch in a dimly lit room. My daughter and her husband came…

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Broke My Holiday Rule

  • Post author:Karen Buchanan
  • Post published:December 4, 2019
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing
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Boxes and more boxes were pulled out of the attic much earlier this year! I decided to begin decorating our home for the holidays before Thanksgiving which I usually shy…

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Why You Should Consider Moving After the Loss of a Loved One

  • Post author:Sara Bailey
  • Post published:August 19, 2019
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Loss of a Spouse
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Death of a loved one and moving are among the most stressful situations one can endure in a lifetime, so why consider relocating after losing someone close to you? For…

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