Understanding and Managing Grief, March 16 - March 22, 2014
Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:
Poignant piece on child loss: It's the Shame, http://j.mp/1jfpYvR « The Grief Toolbox
For Mariah
Four years since we lost you…how can that be?
In some ways it seems like yesterday, and in others time has stretched endlessly.
I still think of you every minute of every day. I still miss you more than words can say.
I know you are in a beautiful place. But you should be here...with us…Mariah Nevaeh Case.
Not Simply Dying
I have to be honest...the day that the Doctor told me that my Mom would live a year or less I became consumed with her death. Every waking moment inside or outside of the hospital it was all I could think about. I made it my goal to educate myself as much as I could about her condition which was very rare.
He Is My Son - Not My "Baby"
I watched him grow throughout the weeks on the black and white screen of an ultrasound machine. His little legs and arms were longer every time I got to see him. I was in awe of his tiny fingers as they waved and his tiny feet as they danced within me. I remember at one of my prenatal appointments he turned his head perfectly ...
It's the Shame
I love talking about my son David. He died in 2009 on the football practice field at the age of 10.
Rest is Not a Four-Letter Word
Okay, well technically it is- but not the kind that got you in trouble in middle school.