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Caregiving from a Distance


Now that summer is here, you may find yourself thinking about picnics, barbeques, and vacations. Some of you who have had the experience of being a long distance caregiver may now consider visiting family during your time off. 
 
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June 22 2012

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Diane Snyder-Cowan 


The Value of Resilience


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Death. I think about it a lot. It is a constant companion. It haunts us as individuals and in community with others. If we live long enough, we will all experience the deaths of loved ones. How is it that most of us are able to continue with our lives despite immense sadness and pain due to these losses? 


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June 21 2012

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Judy Beckman, MA, LSW, CT 


Book Review: Stunned By Grief: Remapping Your Life


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"Stunned by Grief: Remapping Your Life When Loss Changes Everything" is a faith-based account of the author's journey through grief. Judy Brizendine begins with the sharing of her own story–the unexpected death of her young husband.
 
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June 21 2012

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Reading 


A Child's View: Schools Out for Summer


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School's out and summer is here. Most kids love summer for all the opportunities to be outside or have more free time for ourselves. But a new season also reminds us that our loved one won't be with us to greet the sun and blue sky. It reminds us that time is moving forward, but life will never be the same for us.
 
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June 21 2012


Grief Rituals and the Healing Process


Every year at our bereavement day camp, we end with a flower release. After three days of camp, the children are ready. Campers write a message to their special person that died on rice paper and attach it with hemp to a carnation that is then released into a moving body of water. This is all done with great ceremony.  It is a time of great meaning and purpose for all in attendance.
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June 05 2012

Categories: Grief and Loss Diane Snyder-Cowan 

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