grief and loss

Marking Grief

AliceWisler August 13, 2014 - 8:12pm

It was about seven years ago when singer and song writer Eric Clapton announced he would no longer sing "Tears in Heaven." I was driving the family van with the radio on and couldn't believe the rationale given for Clapton's decision. What did he mean? How could he convey that he was over the death of his young son? What kind of grief was that? What was he telling the world -- loss could be "gotten over?"

Giving Gifts of Truth

AliceWisler March 23, 2013 - 1:35pm

Note: This article was written in 1998. How do we prepare our children for pain when it still surprises us?At the cemetery by his little grave I watched the sunflower pinwheel spin in the warm May wind. "I didn't expect life to be this tough," I whispered to my husband, David.