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What if…

by Elise Kowalski Do you believe any of the following painful thoughts? ==> He shouldn’t have died when he did. ==> Her life was cut short. ==> God took him too soon. ==> I prayed (and everyone around me did as well) for healing and it didn’t work. ==> She shouldn’t have suffered the way he did. ==> He had so much life yet to live. What if you could […]

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Dear Mom…

by Christina Sargent Bergeron Dear Mom, I know you have a hard time facing each day without me, struggling to make sense of my death. I see you cry before bed each night and when you wake every morning. I see you sit in your car for hours at a time, shutting out the rest of the world, tears running down your cheeks as you listen to songs that remind you […]

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Seeing My Son Again

This post is adapted from my book Finding Davey: A Father’s Search for His Son in the Afterlife. It was freezing outside—around 20 degrees Fahrenheit during our pre-dawn hike. John, Spencer, and I had climbed up the Maryland Heights trail with headlamps on and reached the overlook to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. We took some photos and stood watching the light of the sun slowly paint the town below us. […]

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Healing Stones for Grief

by Tiffany Thiel I’d like to start by saying that this is by no means a complete list of stones available to help with healing, and grief, but they are stones I’ve personally worked with in my own journey of grief. Just as each of our journeys differ on this trek, so do our needs. Some may work for you, some may not, and only you can decide. The most […]

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Grief is …..

The many faces of Grief according to the members of Esther’s Rainbow Spiritual Community  :  “Locking your keys in the house or car for the millionth time.” “Explaining to your living children that mommy sometimes kisses inanimate objects, because they remind her of their brother, who she misses so much.” “Forgetting to return phone calls.” “Wanting to reach out, but not knowing what to say, and not wanting to be a burden.” […]

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The earthquake of grief

I experienced extreme sadness and devastation when I lost my father, on Valentine’s Day, at the age of 30. He was 52 and it seemed like the most catastrophic event of my life. I believed nothing could hurt more than losing my hero. I was wrong. 14 years later I found myself standing in front of the mirror, looking at myself thinking “this is what a grieving mother looks like”. […]

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The decisions I made through grief ….

The last time I saw a full rainbow over the South African sky was on 19th of April 2018, about 5 minutes before my life was shattered. It was the rainbow BEFORE the storm. Standing outside my ex-husband’s house, trying to comprehend that my 19 year old son, Jordan was in there – but at the same time he wasn’t. He’s was gone. All that was left of him, was […]

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The Dragonfly Story

Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles.  They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions. Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again.  […]

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Death is Nothing at all

by Henry Scott Holland Death is nothing at all.I have only slipped away to the next room.I am I and you are you.Whatever we were to each other, That, we still are. Call me by my old familiar name.Speak to me in the easy waywhich you always used.Put no difference into your tone.Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughedat the little jokes we enjoyed together.Play, […]

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Message from Heaven

by Fara Gibson Hey there, it’s me, here up in Heaven. I’ve seen that you are really struggling since the moment that I graduated to Heaven and I wanted to send you a quick note to ease your pain. I know that you are carrying guilt with my passing and I really wanted to talk to you about that today. Through my life that I shared with you, there are […]