Category: Grief

Grief is the team member you didn’t choose but are learning to work with

Lately, Grief and I have been getting along fairly decently, not as old friends, but as associates whom you know well and respect deeply. Grief…

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When Grief keeps coming back

I have an old friend who keeps coming back. Her name is Grief. She's been traveling a bit lately, and I haven't missed her. But…

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Do’s and Don’ts for friends of the grieving

  When people you care about lose a loved one, go through a divorce, receive a frightening diagnosis, or mourn over a child gone astray--what,…

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Handling joy and grief at the holidays

Christmas is memories. I almost lost it today trying to choose a picture of my mom and me together, so I could make a new Christmas…

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My first birthday without my mother

I have a birthday this week. It's my first birthday without my mother. I'm not asking for "happy birthdays" or even remarks about "how good…

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