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I am the father of four beautiful boys: one who is going to college, 11-month-old twins, and my darling son Diego, who is currently being babysat by God. As a father of four, I am pulled in several directions at any…
I am the father of four beautiful boys: one who is going to college, 11-month-old twins, and my darling son Diego, who is currently being babysat by God. As a father of four, I am pulled in several directions at any…
Dear Friends, You don’t know me personally, but I wanted to share a few thoughts for your grief journey. While we are all in different stages, I believe one thing for sure—the passage of time, an open heart, hard work, and…
Parents losing children to a drug overdose or to a drug-related death face unique challenges in post-loss adaptation. Based on 48 drug-death bereaved parents, 462 suicide-bereaved, 37 mostly accidental deaths, and 24 natural death cases, our survey research results showed…
“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” ~ Joseph Campbell Never anticipating the catastrophe barreling towards us, I found myself powerless to the energy brought by grief. Time had jumbled the chapters of…
You make friends because you have things in common. We are friends because of our children. The older ones, the younger ones, the ones who never even had a chance to breathe. They are our reason for being. Our heartbeat,…
I lost my son five years ago; I am not sure how I have endured it. One way my husband and I have tried to bear the years is to continue to do some of the things that formerly brought…
By now, you are all sadly aware of the great tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Our hearts are heavy, and we are stunned by this cruel loss of the lives of not only adults but…
On May 12, 2000, Adam Petty, grandson of famous race car driver Richard Petty, was killed instantly when the throttle of his race car stuck and sent him head-on into a wall. He was 19. A few days later, while…
Every day I drive by a quaint antique shop. It might be my imagination, but it appears to be the same charming furniture outside every single day. In the morning, the antique treasures are carefully placed in the front…
Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, published in 1602, is cited as the origin of the saying: “Third time’s a charm.” What about fourth and so on? Well, like the Powerball, we keep hoping that the next one will be…
