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Surviving Valentine’s Day After Your Sweetheart Has Passed Away | February 10, 2011

By Joni Aldrich 

For kids, Valentine’s Day is a time to exchange funny cards and eat boxes of chocolate. For adults, it’s often much more than just a time to send flowers and buy heart jewelry, chocolates, and cards—it’s a time to rededicate your love to one special person. But when you’re a widow or widower, or have lost your love due to any unfortunate life circumstance, Cupid’s arrow can pierce your heart in a very different way on February 14th. What was once a holiday of “warm fuzzies” can turn into a … Read More »


 

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An Interview with Starless Sky Author Paige Agnew/Giveaway | February 1, 2011

While most other 15-year-old girls were at the mall trying to figure out how they could get the attention of their latest crush, Paige Agnew was fast at her desk writing her first fiction novel. You heard right, at fifteen, this Michigan-born writing enthusiast decided to not only pen her own novel, but have it published as well.

Published in January of 2010, Starless Sky touched on the tender subject of death and how a teen, named Kahlen, deals with pain and grief, but it also has blatant messages of hope and expectation as Kahlen begins her journey back towards understanding … Read More »


 

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The Ten Best Ways to Offer Solace to Someone Who is Bereaved | October 22, 2009

The Ten Best Ways to Offer Solace to Someone Who is Bereaved
By Roberta Temes Ph.D.,
Author of Solace: Finding Your Way Through Grief and Learning to Live Again

1. Don’t be shy. Talk to the bereaved, even if you are uncomfortable doing so. Remember that they are in far more discomfort than you. Call or email to say that you are thinking of them and would like to be useful.

2. Volunteer to drive them places. They will have immediate chores to do at a bank, a funeral home, and an attorney’s office. Often they prefer company while doing these tasks but if … Read More »


 

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Sometimes Comments Should Not Be Allowed | October 13, 2009

Last week a family friend lost her 17 year old son in a tragic accident.  While the local newspaper covered basic facts without revealing details, it did allow reader comments on the article via their website.  I’m a journalist and love when people leave comments on articles here on this magazine website.  The fact that newspapers are allowing comments on articles, I take issue with this.  As I read through the brief synopsis of this incredibly sad incident, I was surprised by what I found at the end of the article:

The following comments are provided by readers and are the … Read More »