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Olivia was born still – an umbilical cord too tightly wound. Lucas was two days old when he died from complications. Greta was only two years old when she was killed by falling debris. Max was seven when he died…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/storing-your-digital-memories/
The lives of my wife and I were forever changed on November 25, 2010. At 5:15 in the morning, I got the phone call that no parent ever wants to receive. On the other end of the line, someone was…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/a-heart-never-forgets/
Darkest hour… For years I lamented about how I never got to say goodbye to Alyssa. Our family had been together just hours before celebrating my niece Alana’s 12th birthday. And although it never registered until just now, in a…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-evolution-of-grieving/
July 30th marked the ninth anniversary of my son David’s death. Since that day, I have been mourning his loss. I am not being morbid or hyperbolic; just descriptive, stating a fact. I suffer Perpetual Sorrow Syndrome, the unquenchable yearning…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/dear-compassionate-friends/
In 1968 in England, two young boys, Kenneth Lawley and Billy Henderson, died in a hospital, one dear lad from disease and the other youngster from a motor vehicle accident. About ten years earlier, a teenager named Simon Stephens had…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/bereavement-by-drugs/
Our son Jim died five years ago of a heroin overdose at the age of 21. It was a total body blow for us. Although he had messed around with cannabis when he was 16 or 17, we believed he…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/my-journey-with-complicated-grief/
Eight years ago, David and I lost our 13-year-old son, Eric, to Ewing’s sarcoma bone cancer. He battled this horrible disease for 16 months. For the next four years, I had my own battles dealing with my loss-until I was…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/scooping-things-up/
I just returned from an adventure to the Everglades National Park with one of my high school buddies. He and I go way back. When we were sixteen and first got our driver’s licenses, $1.20 would buy me two gallons…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-mind-body-connection-taking-care-of-your-health-during-grief/
The mind and body are intricately connected, which results in a physical response to our emotions, thoughts, and actions. Poor emotional health weakens the body’s immune system, making us more susceptible to minor illnesses, infections, such as colds and flu,…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/my-dear-friend/
First of all, I am deeply sorry about the loss of your child. I wish I did not know much about grief but I too have been in the trenches of gutting sorrow. I will share however that I have learned…