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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; ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...