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Grief
I didn't know a heart could die
before it stopped beating.
I didn't know a life could cease
before it stopped breathing.
I didn't know how devastation
could wend a living soul
I didn't know how death could make
one lose all self control.
I d...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Saundra L. Washington
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Are We All Losers? Understanding Grief
The well-known pioneer researcher Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross identified five states through which the dying patient goes. It is also true that the recently bereaved and the about to be bereaved evidence the same stages. Kubler Ross has labeled the 5...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Saundra L. Washington
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Loss Involves Change - The Transformative Power of Loss and Change
There are many experiences in life, which remind us that change is an inevitable part of living. We then have to choose to either to resist this process or look for new ways of finding meaning in our lives. Losing a loved one to homicide, for ex...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Clare Mann
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Made in Heaven
Consumed by my loss, I didn't notice the hardness of the pew where I sat. I was at the funeral of my dearest friend - my Mother. She finally had lost her long battle with cancer. The hurt was so intense; I found it hard to breathe at times.
Always ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Nithya K
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Coping With A Funeral
When the death of a loved one occurs, regardless or whether it was expected or not, you will find yourself having to deal with a great number of people. Some you will know closely, others may be complete strangers; all will be claiming some kind of...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sharon Jacobsen
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Pope John Paul II
WHAT I LEARNED FROM POPE JOHN PAUL II
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I am not a Catholic, but I felt a deep loss when Pope John Paul II took ill and then died. That's what happens to us with public people--we connect with them even if ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Dr. Mel Glazer
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Lessons We Learned From Terri Schiavo
Let's talk about Terry Schiavo, since her death illustrated for me many aspects of grief and hope. Who among us was not moved by the drama of her last days? I know I was. Her death was not the way I would want my own death to be. When my time comes...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Dr. Mel Glazer
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Whats It All About?
For most people life is a fairly ordinary existence - and when I say ordinary I mean a contented, ‘far from perfect’ way of life. And that’s okay… until something major happens to rock the boat.
Divorce, illness, redundancy, an accident or the deat...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jo Ball
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How Can I Transform Tragedy?
There is only one place where tragedy occurs, and that is in the mind. Tragedy may appear to you on the physical level, however, it is the enormous power of your mind that creates the pain and separation you feel, from Love, from God, from Life its...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Barbara Rose, Ph.D.
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The Grief And Belief Connection
"Grief is healing: To take away our grief is to take away our healing. And learning about life after death helps us heal with greater hope, comfort and peace." ~ Bob Olson
In approximately five years of investigating the possibility of life after...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Bob Olson
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On Empathy
The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1999 edition) defines empathy as:
"The ability to imagine oneself in anther's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. It is a term coined in the early 20th century, equivalent to the Ger...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Sam Vaknin
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An Unexpected Letter
It was a couple of weeks after Christmas, and I was standing by my mailbox in the vestibule of the apartment building where I lived in Lexington, Kentucky, holding a letter I had just received. The handwriting was not familiar and neither was the r...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : LeAnn R. Ralph
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Afraid Of Dying? Afraid Of Living!
Over the years, I've heard many people voice their concerns of death and dying. It wasn't that they had any maladies that would cause them to die any time soon, but they were "afraid of their own immortality." The basic idea of death, or the pote...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Edward Toupin
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How To Heal Your Heart
We all experience severe heart break at some time in our lives. For many it happens in childhood or adolescence, the time when we are most vulnerable. A cold mother, an absent father, being different in any way from our peers and ostracized for it ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Carna Zacharias
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Present Moment Awareness: Lessons From My Dog
I’ve always waited for the perfect moment to be happy: As though time were a flower waiting to bloom. My scruffy puppy-happy senior dog knows better. Watching his tail wag as he stands in the middle of a mud puddle, I now understand that happiness ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Galina Pembroke
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In the Blink of an Eye
Today’s Quote: “My house is burned down, but I can see the sky." Sally Reed, cancer survivor
Thirty five years ago this weekend, my father died. Killed when the Mack Truck Lear jet he was traveling on crashed into Lake Michigan, he died in the blin...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Carolina Fernandez
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Dying at Home – A Precious Gift
Few of us care to think about the inevitability of our own demise. We except that we are not immortal, however for the most part, we are successful in putting thoughts of our own death from our mind. When those close to us die, we painfully become...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lorraine Kember
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Coping with Grief - Its Called Living Through It
"Dad, I tried to wake Nana, I think she's dead."
"Grandpa died yesterday."
"Oh my God, Daddy's dead."
"Uncle Jack died today."
"Grandma died last night."
"I'm standing with the body of your deceased father-in-law."
"Hon, I think we should...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Gail Stone
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Good Grief!
If tears are an indication of how special my relationship with my mother was, I cry with pride! I’ve come to see grief as pain with a purpose. Interestingly enough, as I cared for my mother in my home the last several weeks of her life, much of wh...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Diana Kennedy
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How to Deal With A Death in the Family and Still Run Your Small Business
As a small business owner we have to deal with tax law changes, local ordinances, environmental laws, Worker’s Compensation, etc. Just when we thought we had everything under control, something terrible happenes. A death in the family. Oh my God...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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Death Poem
During the two years of my husband's terminal illness, death was never far from my mind. We had been told he was dying and even a time in which it was supposed to happen. We had no idea of how it would happen. I was loathe to let him out of my si...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lorraine Kember
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Suicide - An Eternal Pain
Suicide is the one form of death that has quite a stigma attached to it. It brings with it a feeling of shame and betrayal. It is not the same as saying to someone "My father died in a car crash" nor is it the same as saying someone died from a h...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Amanda Evans
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GoodBye GrandMa
My dearest Grandma, I will never forget
you & sorry that I was not there with
you when you passed.
Grandma...I can't believe The last kiss,
The last "goodbye" was yesterday...
Your death was a shock,
I know that you are gone for now
I really ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Mariam A. Ashour
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A Critical Assessment of Euthanasia
The question of whether, say, a man should have the right to take away his life granted pain and suffering have overcome him is a very important question today. A different way of putting this question is this: ‘Should a man have the right to take...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Stephen Ainsah-Mensah
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Scared to Death of Dying and Denying Grief
When I invited Martha to the gathering at my house, she accepted the invitation cheerfully. Martha was new to the area and so I thought this small potluck I was hosting would be a chance for her to get to know other women in our town. Martha stuck ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Alice Wisler
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