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by Roger Vincent - 2007-01-31
Everyone has his or her way of coping with grief after the loss of a loved one. Here are some ways to cope with and prepare for the loss of a loved one such as in a long illness or failing health, or ...
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by Edward Mills - 2007-01-31
For the past few days I've been walking around feeling like there's a big weight hanging over me ready to fall at any moment. Getting things done has been a chore. Making plans beyond the next day has...
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by Vaughn Balchunas - 2007-01-30
Online memorials offer you a space to pen down your poignant memories and thoughts. In a way, it helps bring together grieving people scattered all over the world. In the age of the Internet, online m...
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by Kathi Calahan - 2007-01-23
He was a former Navy SEAL during the Vietnam war. He was a Vietnam Vet. Strong, loyal and mentally tough, this man stood 6'7" and was not easily moved. He was not a man who believed in the psychic wo...
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by Linda Della Donna - 2007-01-20
If you are reading this then something terrible has happened. First let me offer my condolences. As Joan Didion says, "Life changes fast." Next let me extend a heartfelt welcome. You are now a member ...
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by Rick Hayes - 2007-01-08
The atmosphere of the department store expressed a cornucopia of sights and sounds, as this was the season of last minute holiday shoppers. Over in the jewelry section stood a middle-aged man holding ...
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by Iain McIntosh - 2007-01-02
1) Share your memories with friends and family and get them to share theirs too. You may learn things that you didn't know about your loved one.2) Leave memorial flowers at your church, or another spe...
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by Lou LaGrand - 2007-01-01
Unknown to the general public as well as the mass media, millions of people mourning the death of a loved one have an experience in which they are convinced they have received a sign or a message from...
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by Dr. Mel Glazer - 2006-12-31
I find it fascinating that our nation is mourning two famous individuals whom hardly anybody knew. People all across America are talking about President Ford and James Brown in glowing and endearing t...
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by JoAnn Bruhn - 2006-12-28
In our society we are all taught, at some level, what to do if someone gets hurt or sick. Isn't it fascinating that very few of us have had any education at all about what to do to help ourselves or o...
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by Atul Bahl - 2006-12-27
You are down in the dumps and looking around you find no one to talk to, leave alone a shoulder to cry on … what to do? It starts with you cursing your luck followed by cursing your friends … seems th...
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by Linda Della Donna - 2006-12-21
It's the holiday season, whoop dee doo, and you the newly widowed find yourself engulfed in mistletoe and smiling faces. Everyone's singing a happy tune - Everyone but you - You wonder, how will I get...
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by Jeffry Palmer - 2006-12-21
When you have suffered the loss of a loved one, you may feel quite hopeless and life may seem to have lost its meaning. These feelings may last for months or years. Grieving is a completely individual...
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by Linda Della Donna - 2006-12-18
You're home now -- From the cemetery -- Just closed the door on an endless line of well-wishing-filled-with-advice strangers who didn't know what to say but talked endlessly anyway, and now that they'...
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by Atul Bahl - 2006-12-18
Whenever we are in need of help the easiest thing is to ask for help … which is available at hand … but we make it the most difficult thing by not asking for help !! Any unfavourable incident in our...
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by Dianna Hobbs - 2006-12-16
PHASE I: Acknowledge It If you bury an issue without dealing with it, it will eventually resurrect itself in some form. Hiding from the pain will never make it go away. Instead, it only prolongs the ...
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by Iain McIntosh - 2006-12-15
Headstones corrode, statues are weathered and plaques tarnish. Memorials in some shape or form have been around for centuries, but none have been able to stand the test of time, until now. This is t...
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by Judy Strong - 2006-12-12
The holidays are approaching, and your best friend is in mourning. The excitement of the season is diminished by the lingering melancholy of sadness and loss. How do you respond? What can you say that...
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by Shlomo Slatkin - 2006-12-10
This Tisha B'Av, it will not be very hard to feel the pain. While many of us in former years may have had a challenging time connecting to calamities of years past, this time around it will be hard no...
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by Maurice Turmel - 2006-12-07
Let's begin by taking you on a journey through Time. Time is like the envelope for your life. Your Life is the letter. You place yourself inside of Time and you mail yourself to God. Along the way...