Category: Loss of a Child | First Hour Grief Response

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…

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…

Suicide in Teens and Children

Post author:Karen Buchanan
Post published:June 29, 2020
Post category:Loss By Suicide Loss of a Child Loss of a Friend
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Loss by Suicide in Teens and Children has been heavy on my heart recently as I have seen some close friends suffering these losses. I have been asking myself many…

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…

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…

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…

My Last Day with William

Post author:Pat Coots
Post published:November 11, 2019
Post category:About Grief Loss of a Child
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William and I shared a special day that I am so grateful for in so many ways. Being with William on this rainy day filled me with hope for my…

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…

Relationships

Post author:Don Grignon
Post published:July 8, 2019
Post category:About Grief Healing Loss of a Child
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There is no way that two people have the exact same relationship with a third. This is evident when people grieve the death of child or another loved one. A…

Survivor?

Post author:Don Grignon
Post published:May 15, 2019
Post category:About Grief Healing Loss of a Child
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The master of ceremonies at the banquet for fallen heroes repeated his request for the third time for survivors to: “please stand up.” Finally, I reluctantly stood. It had been…