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Beauty in Brokenness

In the English language, we have words to describe a person who has experienced loss at the death of another. Someone whose spouse has died is called a widow or widower. A child who has been left parentless is an…

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Does “Healing” Apply to Grief?

(Names of people quoted in this article have been changed to protect confidentiality.) “What is it like, this grief, after you’ve healed?” The question came from Marcia, whose son, Mark, died 7 months ago, suddenly and with no prior symptoms,…

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This Life

During my daughter’s birth something went wrong. I had been in labor for a reasonable amount of time, and everything was progressing properly when suddenly, the doctor announced that the baby was not happy where she was and needed to…

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My Compassionate Friends

They call themselves the Tuesday Tinkerbells, my mom’s Tuesday-afternoon card group. The women are all at least semi-retired and consider their weekly game therapy. They are wise and not wrong. In the summer of 2019, my mom asked if my…

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The Arrival of Spring

It is early spring here on Cape Cod and the signs of the season are all around. The daffodils are lifting their faces towards the sun and the forsythia bushes are bursting into bloom. Despite the warmer days and the…

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Forever Friends

I was in a cheerful mood as I walked into the card store that bright April morning. My sister Rosemary’s twenty-second birthday was the next day and I wanted to give her the perfect greeting. One beckoned from among the…

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What is Time?

Our perception of life is often based on time, divided into past, present, and future moments, measured in hours, days, months, and years. On December 20th, 2011, all-time measurements stopped for me, freezing me at that very moment. My beautiful…

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The Wind Blows … But the Sun Still Shines

An excerpt from the book, Natalia’s Endless Love…A Love to Live For: The winds forever blow. Sometimes they catch us off guard, and other times serve as a gentle reminder. For there are forces that exist, far greater than our…

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Heart Connections – Grief and Our Senses

Grief is defined as the emotional response that follows loss. While grief is intensely emotional, it is also physical, psychological, and spiritual. Most bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents experience these multi-faceted aspects of grief. Many bereaved people also feel a…

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