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When Grief is Stirred and Re-Stirred … and Re-Stirred …

Welcome to our second “Grief Week.” If you missed the first, you can read the posts here and here. COVID-19 has come with so much loss and change; ...

August 21, 2020
Grieving an Unfulfilled Dream

The reality of living overseas is that you are going to grieve multiple things, deeply. Anyone moving out of their passport country has a dream. So ...

August 21, 2020
An Empty Ocean and the 10 Things We Must Remember About Grief

Walking alone at a park, a friend of mine saw a woman busily walking towards her, dictating something into her phone. The woman looked earnest and ...

August 21, 2020
Frozen Grief: Why it Matters to Global Nomads

I was not aware of the concept of frozen grief until I stumbled across an article by Marilyn Gardner of Communicating Across Boundaries. All of a s ...

August 21, 2020
Our Experience of Grief is Unique as a Fingerprint

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. –Elie Wiesel Each person’s grief is as unique as their fingerprint. But what everyone has in com ...

August 21, 2020
A Liturgy for Those with an Inconsolable Homesickness (read by Doug McKelvey)

You Tube reading of a prayer for those suffering inconsolable homesickness from Every Moment Holy (Rabbit Room Press) ©2017

By: Douglas K ...

August 21, 2020
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss

If you are going to buy only one book on grief, this is the one to get! It will validate your grief experience, and you can share it with your chil ...

August 21, 2020
Holiday Grief: An Unwelcome Guest Deserving of Radical Hospitality

Grief is an emotional, mental, and spiritual wound — and this is precisely because it is a relational wound.

August 21, 2020
7 Ways to Teach Your TCKs to Process Grief

By Lauren Wells The topic of TCKs and grief is one that circulates often on online forums about TCKS, and there is a good reason for this: we know ...

August 21, 2020
Stillbirth: I am a mother without a baby

BBC journalist Fiona Crack writes about her year of grief and healing after her longed-for baby daughter was stillborn

August 21, 2020
Outlawed Grief, a Curse Disguised

Living abroad is an amazing adventure, but it comes with some baggage. And sometimes, the baggage fees are hidden, catching you by surprise, costin ...

August 21, 2020
These Illustrations Totally Nail How Difficult The Grief Process Is

Grief is a profoundly difficult experience that most people will have to endure at some point. And while this doesn’t make dealing with grief any e ...

August 21, 2020