Living With Grief
Many people feel alone in their grief, not realizing that others have similar thoughts and experiences. These articles are based on personal experience and intended to provide a sense community for those experiencing grief.
The Challenges of Raising Children After the Death of a Child
Raising my sons after the death of my daughter has been full of challenges.In the immediate aftermath of her death, we were not the parents they needed. We did the best we could, but in hindsight, they had not only lost their sister…they had lost their parents too…
The Last Mother’s Day with My Daughter
The difficult thing about memories is that they fade. Most every day moments are lost to time. Even special days. I have lost the memory of the last Mother’s Day I spent with my daughter, Margareta, in 2009…
The Balloon
I was just watching TV and saw a commercial for a local street fair in a nearby town that my family has been to before. All of the sudden a forgotten memory of my daughter, Margareta, popped into my head. What a wonderful, unexpected gift…
Why I Hate Mother’s Day (Thoughts from a Mother Whose Child Died)
For any mother who has lost a child – and for that matter, anyone who has lost their mom – Mother’s Day is not a day of celebration, but of sadness. The reminder of what you have lost overshadows the memories of what you once had. This is one mother’s perspective.
The Physical Side of Grief
When we think of grief, we usually focus on our emotions. As anyone who has suffered a great loss can tell you, the emotional pain and suffering it produces can defy words to describe it. But grief also has a physical side, which isn’t talked about as much.
The Irrationality of Grief
Have you ever thought to yourself that a loved one who died will come walking through the door at any moment? Even though you know they are dead, the anticipation of seeing and hearing them again feels so real, it can’t possibly be wrong? Irrational thoughts after the loss of a loved one are all too common.
Signs From Bill
I lost my ex-husband, Bill, (father to my 3 children) last July 2013. The grief struck me hard. He fought the disease of addiction. The addiction won the battle. He was just so tired and took his life. I too have seen signs via several ladybugs and one dragon fly….
Remembering Michaela Noam
A mother remembers her oldest daughter, Michaela Noam, who was a lively, intelligent, beautiful child who has cerebral palsy. She unexpectedly passed away on May 23, 2009 at age 5 and a half, leaving behind not only her devastated parents, but also two younger sisters…
He Was My Everything
A wife’s poignant letter describing how much her husband meant to her as a constant partner in life for 15 years, and how difficult it is to live in the wake of his loss. “All my conversations were always about my experiences with him and about him and us, our life, our love story, our stories.”
I Remember You
I remember you arrived in the aftermath
of hurricane Katrina
You turned my world upside-down
but in the best way possible…
Everyone Grieves Differently
In the months after my daughter’s death in 2009, I found myself struggling with the notion that others around me didn’t appear to be grieving the “right way.” Initially, I was frustrated that for the most part, my husband and other children didn’t openly cry or talk about her death the same way I did…
Jeremy’s Rock
There is a time in everyone’s life when everything seems to come together like the pieces of a puzzle. We have to share the gift of our faith and of God’s love, and demonstrate how God even shows it physically to us. In my case, it is a rock – a simple rock picked up off the ground and handed to me by my child…