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Educating Families About the Value of Music

By Alan Wolfelt | April 2, 2025 | 0 Comments

“Don’t Play Music, We Might Cry” Educating Families About the Value of Music Sadly, I frequently have families experiencing grief state some variation on the following: “Don’t play music, we might cry.” Of course, when they say this I remind myself that I have the opportunity to teach them why music is often an important […]

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Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend

By Larry Lynn | March 26, 2025 | 0 Comments

EDITOR’S PREFACE It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me. I lost I close friend I’ve known since 1966, my former psychologist (cancer), and my beloved dog Penny who has been by my side for over 14 years. I loved her so much I cannot write these words without crying. She died peacefully through […]

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“Living Funerals” They Just Might Be Out of Order

By Alan Wolfelt | March 19, 2025 | 0 Comments

A common media question I have been asked recently is “What do you think about having funerals before the person is dead?” As you probably know, these are often referred to as “living funerals.” Living funerals have been referred to by the media as an “up and coming” trend that appears to be growing in […]

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A Professional’s Grief Box

By Frannie Gaeta | March 12, 2025 | 0 Comments

Grief is a natural response to death and non-death losses. Everyone experiences the impact, acknowledged or not. I didn’t acknowledge it but felt its presence in my body. Influences on thoughts and feelings are subtle yet strong enough to activate older losses. As a grief therapist, I recognize grief symptoms in others, but not myself. […]

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Rediscovering Yourself: Finding Strength…

By Camille Johnson | March 5, 2025 | 0 Comments

Rediscovering Yourself: Finding Strength and New Purpose in Life After Loss Losing someone dear can leave a profound void, challenging us to find new paths forward. In the wake of such loss, searching for renewed purpose becomes a journey of self-discovery and healing. This journey is not about replacing what was lost but about honoring […]

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African-Americans and Grief: A Grief Observed

By Larry Lynn | February 26, 2025 | 0 Comments

A Grief Observed From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, the power and pain of Black mourning. BY MYCHAL DENZEL SMITH June 22, 2017 Mamie Till-Mobley wrote her memoir, Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America, in 2003, the same year she died of heart failure, and 47 years after the lynching of her son, […]

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Black History Month Grief Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks

By Larry Lynn | February 19, 2025 | 0 Comments

A Bronzeville Mother Loiters In Mississippi. Meanwhile, A Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon – Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks The murder of Emmett Till in 1955, and the subsequent acquittal of his murderers and public viewings of Till’s mutilated body, stirred the American consciousness and provoked outrage across the country. In 1960, Gwendolyn Brooks published her own […]

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When great souls die -Black History Month

By Larry Lynn | February 12, 2025 | 0 Comments

When Great Souls Die [Editor: this is an excerpt from a poem entitled “When Great Trees Fall”  BTW, Maya Angelou as of January 10, 2022 is featured on the U.S. quarter.] When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our […]

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Valentine’s Day: Healing through Writing Letters

By Larry Lynn | February 5, 2025 | 1 Comment

[Editor’s Note: I was going to write the perfect post for Valentine’s day when my colleague Lisa alerted me to this post from the remarkable website WhatsYourGrief.com entitled “Dear Love: Healing through Writing Letters.” It could not be said any better. Thank you Eleanor for giving us permission to reprint it here.] Dear Love: Healing Through […]

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The Grieving Process: Dealing with Valentine’s Day

By Larry Lynn | January 29, 2025 | 0 Comments

  Larry: My first wife, Vanessa, and I married young and were unable to have children so throughout our 24 years together it was just us. We never missed going out for a special Valentine’s Day dinner together.  I took care in selecting a Valentine’s Day card that best expressed to Vanessa how much I […]

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