By Iris Krasnow When my mother died, I grieved for the woman who had become my best friend. In the process, I discovered myself. I am 52, but it wasn’t until my mother died last December that I finally felt like a real adult. She watched my hair turn gray, my arthritis set in, and…
TheAge.com, Australia “After a parent dies we continue to carry their voice in our heads at some level, as an encourager or as an admonisher. Death ends a life, it doesn’t end a relationship” Everyone knows their parents are going to die one day, but many people are bewildered by their degree of loss. John…
by Jennifer Haupt, PsychologyToday.com Interview with Megan O’Rourke, a grieving daughter who turned her journal into a memoir and tribute to her mom. Meghan O’Rourke’s honest and beautifully written memoir began as a journal she kept after her mother’s death. In the process, she not came to terms not only with her own grief but…
By Carol Staudacher, beliefnet.com . . . no one knows you in the exact same way as your mother or father–indeed, will ever know you as your parent did. A friend of mine, a hefty, 6-foot-4, middle-aged rancher in Colorado walked out one early morning to inform his foreman and ranch hands, “I’ll be gone…
by Alan D Wolfelt, Ph.D. from the book “Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal” You have the freedom to realize your grief is unique. You have the freedom to talk about your grief. You have the freedom to expect to feel a multitude of emotions. You have the freedom to allow for numbness. You have the…
Julianna’s story… My mom passed away on Wednesday morning at 8:59 am, March 14th, in the midst of her long battle with cancer. Exactly 1 day and 4 hours after the anniversary of my father’s passing 15 years earlier. I had the honor to be by her bedside leading up to her big transition, and…