Our Stories: Our Hope

April 19, 2012
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We all have a story, many stories.  Our stories make up the fabric of who we are and their threads lay themselves down forming networks for us to walk upon. They are the events in our lives that have brought us to today. Some of you have many scars to tell you where you have [...]

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The “You’re Not Normal” Critics In Life and In Grief

April 12, 2012
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So often when we are grieving we can feel as if we're far from normal. Like other 'first' times in life, a new baby, a new job, a new marriage everyone has an opinion. When our life has been devastated by grief the "you're not normal" critics come out in force. We might be doing [...]

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An Easter Gift For You

April 5, 2012
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The history of Easter goes back way beyond Christianity to ancient times of myth and folklore. Although Easter is a joyous celebration on the religious calendar, for many it has come to signify time spent with family and hunting for Easter eggs to squeals of delight.  For many of you, with tears in your eyes [...]

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Helping Others When We Can Barely Help Ourselves In Our Grief

March 29, 2012
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The pain of our grief is so massive, so huge and so crippling we are struggling to help ourselves in early grief, let alone be able to help anyone else or cope with the demands of looking after our family. It’s as if we've been put in a high speed spinner, churned about and then [...]

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A Good Night’s Sleep….I Wish, I Wish, I Wish

March 22, 2012
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Who would have thought 5 little letters could mean so much, but if your world has been thrown into chaos by the loss of a loved one, they mean a lot.   Sleep is one of the things that is greatly affected by our grief and is a symptom often of the great upheaval happening [...]

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Tell Me Why? Why? Why? Why?

March 15, 2012
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The one thing that happens nearly always in grief is the questioning that rages through our minds. There are so many that we ask ourselves and most of us will have one or two that seem to be relentless and on constant rewind. I know for myself it was why? why? why?   Why did [...]

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Does It Ever Stop Hurting?

March 8, 2012
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When we are feeling overwhelmed and consumed by the inconsolable pain of our grief, we often wonder, is this going to be my life forever? Will the pain ever go away?   If grief has slammed into our life in a fury we are knocked down, broken and shattered, gasping for breath in a fog [...]

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Holding Them In Your Mind and Hugging Them Forever

March 1, 2012
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  Our missing hurts so very much…every minute of every day. Just to feel their touch and feel their hug. Oh what an indescribable feeling of joy it would be to be able to do that wherever and whenever.   We dream about it, we yearn for it. We’d love to turn back the clock for [...]

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