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https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-francis-slow-cooker-or-how-the-wars-came-to-our-house/
My son Francis survived his tours with the Tenth Mountain Division in Iraq and Afghanistan. He survived Afghanistan’s notorious Korengal Valley. If you’ve read Sebastian Junger’s book War or seen the documentary Restrepo, you’re familiar with the “Valley of Death.”…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/moving-on/
Have you ever had a friend who lost a child? You send your condolences, attend the funeral, make a few phone calls to make sure the family is doing all right, and then you go back to living your own…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/healing-through-the-written-word/
My grandmother was a teacher and published author who instilled in me an admiration for those who can write well. Entering college as an English major my intent was to become a journalist, but my education was put on hold…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/i-give-thanks/
I am acutely aware that autumn is here. As I write this, the air coming through my window is crisper and the leaves are taking on the golden and scarlet hues of the season. The shorts and tee shirts, which…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/gaining-and-losing/
It is hard to believe that it has been thirty years since a single phone call changed my life forever, informing me that my 17-year-old-son, Scott, had been killed in an automobile accident. With those words, my “normal life” as a…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/permission-granted/
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…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/an-open-letter-to-grieving-friends/
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…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/absence-of-caring-interest/
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…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/finding-grace-in-an-ocean-of-sadness/
“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…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/the-keepers-of-memories/
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,…