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.

Earth Children -   This poem was written for Skye Marie, my friend's daughters' little four day old little girl, but I changed a few words so that it can be used for any child. "Sh-h!" Listen with your heart and soul Hear them laugh, tumble and roll Baby angels floating through the air Chasing ...

Coping with Tragedy, Loss, and Grief -   By Dan Johnston, PH.D We live life as whole persons, but we experience and process it at the Four Levels of Mind, Emotion, Body, and Spirit. * At the level of the mind we try to understand the events of our lives. We attempt to make sense of things.

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. ...

Freedom of Grief for My Mother - On December 27, 1966, it was my 18th birthday; my mother had been ill but I did not realize how ill she was; she was a single mother who raised 3 children on her own; she had remarried a man who was totally blind and they had a son when my mother was in her 40's!  We lived a very simple life; mother ...

When People We Love, Leave -   By Fran Hafey Whether a person you love is leaving to go away for a short time or forever, it's never an easy thing. Many deal with being separated for various reasons. We physically miss people but we also feel the aching in our hearts. One of my daughters lives in ...