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The Challenges of GriefWhen You Think the Unthinkable
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 
He sat in the isle seat on the second row of a conference on long term care. He looked to be in his early forties, and I still almost feel the intensity in his eyes as he locked on every word I said. At the end of a lengthy discussion period when the audience seemed to explode with their concerns, he began to speak . . .  Read More
    
The Challenges of GriefOften It's the Little Things
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 
Sometimes it is the little things that hurt the most. The things so small we feel small even talking about them. The things so easily explained away, we never get to even finish describing them before they are dismissed. . .  Read More
    
The Challenges of GriefThe Price of Pressure
Thursday, July 24, 2008 
Her husband died during the last year following a year long battle with cancer. Her children are already pressuring her to be over it. They have become the parents and she is now the child being lectured on how she should feel after a few months of grief. That transition can be quite a shock and create resentment and reaction . . . Read More
    
The Challenges of GriefI Can't Help It
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 
I do not know any of the details, but I saw a microcosm of how we respond to pain as I left the super market the other day. A car was parked near the front door in one of the handicapped spaces. A gentleman was beside the car in a motorized wheel chair... Read More
    
The Challenges of GriefWhen Miracles Don't Happen
Monday, May 05, 2008 
"Why didn't the thousands of prayers offered by people from all over the country keep my husband from dying?" "Why did my son die? He was a wonderful young man who seemed to just want to help others and yet he died... Read More
    
The Challenges of GriefHow Are You?
Monday, April 14, 2008 
It was her daughter's birthday. The fifth one since she died. Many of the people she meet that day had no idea that this was a special day, how much every birthday hurt, and how certain birthdays hurt...
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The Challenges of GriefDon't Take My Grief Away
Monday, February 18, 2008 

My long involvement with grief started in a single statement from the lips of a broken hearted mother's lips. Her daughter's condition was not considered serious at all...

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