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Why We Need to Talk About Grief
According to the U.S Census Bureau, there are approximately 700,000 new widows every year. To me, this is staggering, and I never thought I'd be a statistic. I've been asked many times if I wrote A Journey Well Taken: Life After Loss while my husband was ill. As a caretaker, and even though I have been a writer for as long as I can recall, writing was the last thing on my mind while he was sick.
Elaine Williams
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Children and Grief
Do children really grieve? How do I know if my child is grieving? What are some typical responses to loss? If you are asking yourself these questions, keep reading to learn more about children and the grief process.
Cynthia Clark
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How To Respond To Tragedy
This article explores ways to communicate with those who are suffering from losses. It gives examples of religious explanations that are nonsensical and more adaptive ways of communicating our feelings to those who experience grief.
James Krehbiel
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Her Baby Died Before Birth and No One Wants to Talk About It
The death of a fetus ought to be mourned as any other death. It is a "double death," including the loss of hopes for the future.
Dr. Mel Glazer
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Turning Work Into Vocation (New Thoughts For A New Year)
Evaluate where you are Evaluate where you have been in your life and ask yourself, "Is this enough?" The beginning of the New Year is a great time for re-evaluating your life and plans.
Craig Nathanson
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Sympathy Poems Can Help Ease The Pain of Grief
If you have ever lost someone close to you or if you've comforted someone who has, you're familiar with the feelings of helplessness and isolation grief can bring about. A dear friend of mine recently lost a sibling, and understandably looked to me for comfort. My strengths lie in the written word, rather than spoken word. For this reason, I chose to write her a poem expressing my sympathy.
Gerrica Watson
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On Becoming a Widow
I became a widow at 47 years of age. I'd always thought my husband and I would be together forever, or at least a lot longer than 20 years. We have three boys, who at the time were 11, 18 and 19. I ran the gamut of emotions... shock, fear, an utter stillness of nothing, a frenzy of activity, and on and on.
Elaine Williams
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Reacting to Loss and Grief
There are many unique and varied reactions to grief and loss. We may all react differently and yet the end result, many times, is the same. There is a sense of a gaping hole in our chest, a deep emptiness that at first nothing can fill.
Elaine Williams
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Dancing with the Demon of Loneliness
Losing someone you love can lead into depression and loneliness. However, with time, pain is healed and life is renewed again.
Elaine Williams
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When A Light Goes Out
Death eventually touches us all. May this article bring you peace. You are not alone.
Valerie F Hansen
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