Dealing With Grief
Suicide – An Eternal Pain
Suicide is the one form of death that has quite a stigma attached to it. It brings with it a feeling of shame and betrayal. It is not the same as saying to someone "My father died in a car crash" nor is it the same as saying someone died from a heart attack. [...]
Scared to Death of Dying and Denying Grief
When I invited Martha to the gathering at my house, she accepted the invitation cheerfully. Martha was new to the area and so I thought this small potluck I was hosting would be a chance for her to get to know other women in our town. Martha stuck it out till the end, softly [...]
A Critical Assessment of Euthanasia
The question of whether, say, a man should have the right to take away his life granted pain and suffering have overcome him is a very important question today. A different way of putting this question is this: 'Should a man have the right to take away his life if he ceases to function [...]
GoodBye GrandMa
My dearest Grandma, I will never forget
you when you passed.
Grandma…I can't believe The last kiss,
The last "goodbye" was yesterday…
Your death was a shock,
I know that you are gone for now
I really just do not believe how.
I called you all that week
You told me that you were not weak.
I called you before you died just
before [...]
How to Turn Grief into Joy
I was with my daddy when he died. Excuse me, I was with my daddy when his spirit left his body. I drove him to the emergency room because he was having chest pains. He said that they weren't too bad, and his color was good. He was still walking.
In fact, Daddy walked into [...]
Dealing With Grief and Loss – How to Mend a Broken Heart
What is it about Grief ?
We understand that this is necessary, at a surface level, but how we are feeling is what really counts. In that place we call Grief ?
What is necessary now to get through to the end of this process? Is it simply a matter of toughing it out, or, do [...]
And You Always Will
I opened the dishtowel drawer for about the sixth time, hoping the towels had somehow magically appeared.
The brand new towels still weren't there, of course.
"What did Mom DO with them?" I wondered aloud.
I knew they had to be around somewhere because I had given them to her for Christmas only a few months ago. [...]
Watching Death
Like it or not, we think in line with our customs and tradition often times, right down to the level of how we think of death, or about death. I was a licensed counselor for many years, and the issue came up a few times, and I was sad at its results, to hear [...]
How My Four Your Old Son Reacted To The Death Of His Great Nanny Biscuits
My nan was called Margaret and lived until the age of eighty eight. Unfortunately she died in hospital and this article describes how my son reacted to the news of her death. His reaction basically put a smile back onto my face again.
I loved my nan to bits and I would always try to [...]
Graceful Grief: Angelic Help is on the Way!
I believe that major change and loss in our lives is a door to grow ourselves, to become more loving, compassionate and accepting towards others and ourselves. We have choices that determine what the journey will look like.
Change isn't easy and it can be quite painful. About twenty years ago, I endured the loss [...]
