Grief and Loss Support

Featured Grief and Loss Support

Five Stages of Preparing for Death - Preparing for a death can be terrifying if you have no idea what to expect, both physically and emotionally.

Rituals to Help Us Through Grief -   By Mary Emma Allen I once thought attending a funeral was hypocritical and that we should care for the person while alive rather than making a fuss after death. Then I encountered death in my family. When my father died, I realized how much the funeral and other rituals ...

Grandma's Thimble - by Diane Dean WhiteI marvel at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement our way at just the right time! My grandmother was from a town in the thumb area of Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the ...

How to Comfort Someone Whose Child Has Died -   by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach When a friend suffers the loss of a child, we don't know how to comfort them. Our first thought is usually, "I don't know what to say." When a child is lost, we all suffer, and it's particularly hard for other parents to deal with. "Friends ...

Mother's Roses - By Beverly Orris My Mother was a gardener and had a 20 by 20 foot rose bed outside her bedroom door. It was always smelling heavenly when they were in bloom and the bedroom and hall smelled of roses. My Grandmother Susie and Great Grandmother Belle had all grown roses, both in Ireland and America. ...

Alzheimer's: A Mom's Love - By Caroline Shaw My mom at 82 passed away this past Christmas, but... As I think of my mom prior to her illness, (She had not been herself since '85. Strokes and dementia had taken away much of her personality) I think of someone whose total FOCUS was her kids and my mom was a "working mom." Shewas ...