- Don't Make the Mistake I Did: Plan the Funeral Service in Advance By : Karin Gunderson
One of the most stressful times of life can be that last week of a parent's life, when you don't want to leave the bedside but there are so many details to which you need to attend. Put yourself ahead of the game by asking these seven questions to your parents before their health begins to deteriorate. Then follow-up on their answers to be ready when the times comes. - Five Ways to Use Live Music to Make a Celebration of Life Service Special By : Karin Gunderson
This article is very helpful for people who have never had to prepare a memorial service before. It shows the appropriate places to include music in the memorial day. - What You Must Know About Getting A Hair Transplant In New Haven By : Walter Briggs
This is an article that tells the reader about their hair transplant options in new haven. This article will help you determine what you should be looking for when it comes to transplantation. - Common Causes of Itchy Scalp Hair Loss By : Walter Briggs
This is an article that will inform the reader about itchy scalp hair loss. - Dealing With Dog Loss By : Galen Seidler
We love our dogs and when they leave us due to old age or illness, it can be devastating. Whether there is advance notice of the pending loss or not, it's hard. It can be especially hard on children and single folks who depend on their dog's companionship. - Funeral Eulogies: Meaningful Words for Funeral Services By : Ben Anton
Finding the right words to say in a eulogy can be difficult.
This article provides some helpful advice on how to write a thoughtful, honest eulogy without worry or stress. - Crossing the Barriers to Staying Sober. By : David Peters..
Well this day you have decided to stop drinking. It is a common happening. We do want something, but are not really sure how to go about it. Stop drinking decision is no exception to it. How to stop drinking? Do not listen to your own thoughts over again once you have made up your mind to stop drinking. Be as stubborn as a rock that you are going to quit alcohol. Never look back. Throw every bottle in the garbage; full, half full, and quarter full, throw everything to the bins. Empty your home bar to the sink. - Celebrate Life: Using Online Memorials and Other Funeral Services to Remember By : Ben Anton
Celebrating the life of a loved one can be done in different ways.
This article discusses a variety of memorial and funeral options that families may want to consider as they grieve for their loved one. - What You Remember and How You Act By : Patrick Glancy
You have good memories that can make you feel good to think about as well as bad memories that can make you feel bad. Everyone has these memories and everyone's memories affect how they live. - When You Cannot Attend a Memorial Service, Writing a Condolence Letter Can Help By : Ben Anton
When a friend or family member has lost someone dear to them, it is always a good idea to send a condolence letter to encourage them.
This article provides some guidelines on how to write a proper, thoughtful condolence letter to someone grieving over their loss. - How to Cope with Uncaring Friends after Pet Loss By : Gary Kurz
Pet loss is one of the most traumatic of life's experiences. It is a time when we look to friends and family for support. How do we cope when we find they do not share or understand our grief, when they seem to be uncaring? - What to Do When the Holidays Trigger Your Feelings of Loss By : Carol McClelland
If you've experienced a difficult loss this year or in recent years--a death in the family, an illness, a divorce, a job loss, a natural disaster or a combination of losses--you may find the holidays retrigger your feelings of loss. Discover four questions you can ask yourself to discover what you need during this holiday season. Once you know what you need, gain insights on how to create the scenario so that you feel supported during this time. - Making the Big Decision to Euthanize By : Gary Kurz
When a pet lover is forced to make the dreaded decision to put their best friend down, often guilt and doubt follows. Framing your emotions in the right context is imperative and this article shows you how. - Dealing With Loss at the Holidays By :
Tips for coping with the joy of the holiday season when you are mourning the loss of a loved ones. Practical, heart-felt, real ideas that can help you feel less alone and better able to cope during this already-stressful, hectic time of year. - Comforting Properties Of Aromatherapy By : Barbara Jones
Grief is defined as feelings of sadness or overwhelming despair. This may be brought on by the death of a close friend or family member. Grief can be very debilitating and can result in problems with anxiety such as fear, panic attacks, and clinical depression. Sickness, illness, and disease can be caused by a broken heart. Grief, sorrow, and pain caused by overwhelming circumstances will take a toll on the mind, body, emotions, and spirit. The physical body not immune to the... - Good Stages of Grief? By : Ann Estlund
Are any stages of grief good? - What We Widows Want from Others By : Ann Estlund
What help can you give your newly widowed friend? The answer might surprise you. - The Widow's Second-Year Slump By : Ann Estlund
What happens to a widow after the first year is over? - Dealing With Grief Over A Departed Pet By : Anthony
The loss of a beloved pet can be as devastating as losing a family member. Afterall, pets can even be more lovingly unconditional than people. If only the amount of love showered on our pets can be equal to the amount of years added to its life, our pets would live as long as we want them too. But as everything else that has a beginning, so too, do they have an ending. - Mourning - The Expression of Grief By : Sharon Young
According to Webster’s New World Dictionary grief is defined as “intense emotional suffering caused by loss, disaster, misfortune, etc.; acute sorrow; deep sadness.” Mourning is the expression of grief. - Why Do We Experience Grief? By : Sharon Young
Everyone is familiar with feelings of grief. These feelings range from mild, momentary unhappiness to feelings of intense and acute emotional suffering that take a long time to heal. These feelings can be caused by disappointment, discouragement, fustration,
trouble, difficulty, a sense of futility, deep regret or some specific loss, disaster, misfortune, accident, or mishap. - Knowledge of Gods Love By : Diana Burg
It is both a wonderful and terrible aspect of God’s love that when we lose someone we love, the deep pain we feel can draw us closer to God, the author of life and death. As Christians all our relationships are a triangle, with one another and God at the head. Our
deepest selves are connected to one another and to God because it is in Him we live and love and have our true being. - The New Character of Grief By : Diana Burg
When Lorelle and I first wrote this grief devotional, Mourning Glory, the world of grief, as well as the world at large, seemed much smaller. - A Balloonful of Love By : Ann Van Dyke
My husband's tongue and cheek muscles have also fallen prey to ALS (Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis) and he has difficulty enunciating his words clearly. But our desire to live each moment that we are granted has led us to make the decision that “I’m gonna live, live, live until I die”. - The Mourning Process By : Diana Burg
I think we, no, I should say I, often forget that grieving is an extremely individual process. No one can really experience grief in the way I do, and no one can experience it in the way you do. - The Stages of Grief By : Diana Burg
Elizabeth Kubler Ross wrote about the five stages of catastrophic loss in her book,” On Death and Dying”. While she was speaking to the terminally ill patient, most people have found that the stages she defines work as well for almost any kind of grief.
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