Grief & Loss Information

Grief & Loss Information

What this Rabbi Learned from Not being Re-hired


It's a familiar story, and I have been through it before, and so have you. In January the Synagogue Personnel Committee told me that they were recommending that the synagogue not renew my contract.

Silent Tears - from a Norwegian Hospital


Silent tears hit hospital-white sheets. The young Pakistani mother holds the mask that brings moisture, oxygen and medicine to her babygirls lungs as she struggles against the slime that threatens to suffocate her.

Why Does God Allow Suffering?


Justin was a typical ten year old boy. He liked Leggos, trains, and watching TV.

How My Four Your Old Son Reacted To The Death Of His Great Nanny Biscuits


My nan was called Margaret and lived until the age of eighty eight. Unfortunately she died in hospital and this article describes how my son reacted to the news of her death.

Graceful Grief: Angelic Help is on the Way!


I believe that major change and loss in our lives is a door to grow ourselves, to become more loving, compassionate and accepting towards others and ourselves. We have choices that determine what the journey will look like.

Pet Loss: Significant and Profound Loss or Much Ado about Nothing?


For those who have deeply loved and lost their animal companions, the answer is obvious and yet disturbing. There are still far too many people in our culture who minimize and trivialize the loss of a pet.

Watching Death


Like it or not, we think in line with our customs and tradition often times, right down to the level of how we think of death, or about death. I was a licensed counselor for many years, and the issue came up a few times, and I was sad at its results, to hear Americas shamefully trying to avoid talking about it.

Am I a Mother - Tips for Handling Mother's Day After Miscarriage


Are you spending this Mother's Day wondering if you are, in fact, a mother? 900,000-1 million women in the U.S.

How to Deal with Suffering


Reflect upon the following questions, and answer those you feel might be most important for those who are most concerned about this topic.QUESTIONNAIRE ON HOW TO COPE WITH SUFFERING1- If there is a loving God, why do so many Christians and good people have to suffer so much whereas others don't? What about natural disasters?2- In suffering, why are some people so sensitive, and others not, over the same event? Give examples.

Euthanasia: How Will I Know When its Time?


Pippin needed assistance from his owner to get to his feet. He slowly walked to the door, then needed help once again to step down onto the back porch.

Grief Masks


October makes me think of Halloween, and Halloween makes me think of masks, and masks remind me that sometimes when we're grieving, we wear masks without even realizing it. We may never stop to think about how other people perceive our appearances, our images and our behaviors.

Tenderizing


Recently, the magazine I own and edit got a hate letter that was so full of venom and hostility, it gave me shivers. The ultra-religious lady who wrote it is young and passionate about her beliefs.

Liberation


It is one thing to be free; it is quite another to be liberated. Liberation implies that freedom was absent for a time, and there was bondage.

Is Death Really the End or the Window to A New Beginning?


Earlier this month I learned a dear friend had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She has been given less than six months to live as the cancer has fully permeated her liver and pancreas.

You Have to Show Up: On Small Miracles (Okay, maybe not so small)


I hadn't intended to go to my cousin's funeral.That sounds terrible, I know.

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Web site offers tips on dealing with grief, loss
Reading Eagle, PA - Nov 10, 2008
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Wicked Local Brockton, MA - Nov 12, 2008
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Provena planning workshops for bereaved near holidays
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL - Nov 10, 2008
The Provena Hospice Center for Grief, Loss and Hope says it can help. The organization is offering two free workshops in Champaign and Westville to help ...


Dealing with a dog’s death
Modesto Bee, CA - Nov 18, 2008
Coming to terms with the loss of a pet is never easy. The death of a dog can affect people in the same way that losing a family member or close friend would ...


Suffering the pain of loss
Irish Times, Ireland - Nov 10, 2008
Two days after his father Robert Dunlop died, son Michael went on to win the North West 200 and dedicate the win to his father. Here he is comforted by his ...
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Christmas season a difficult time for many
Orillia Packet & Times, Canada - Dec 1, 2008
"An event like this allows us to really be authentic in the fact that it is a happy time of year, but we are still dealing with grief, loss and sadness," ...


Class aims to help children of inmates
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, WI - Nov 28, 2008
Clark, who earned her master's degree in special education from Edgewood College in 1998, said the course evolved from a Grief, Loss and Recovery class she ...


Indie Watch
Tucson Weekly, AZ - Nov 26, 2008
Expect one-of-a-kind shorts, animations and other experiments regarding themes of ancestry, global rituals and festivals relating to death, grief, loss, ...


Talk for seniors addresses grief
Mirror, MI - Nov 27, 2008
The problems of "Grief, Loss and Mourning" will be the subject of the second talk in a Troy series especially for seniors. The event will be from 7:30-8:30 ...

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