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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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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…

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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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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…

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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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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…

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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…

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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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