by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. When someone we love dies, we grieve. That is, we experience a wide range of thoughts and feelings inside us. We also express our grief by crying, talking about the loss, attending the funeral, and other actions. Grief expressed is called mourning, and mourning is how we heal. For people […]
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Marty Tousley granted AfterTalk to publish this piece from her excellent website Grief Healing. We’ve published several pieces on the loss of a pet and how adults deal with it. We are grateful to Marty for introducing us to a child’s perspective on grieving for a beloved pet. The moment I decided to follow instead
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I grew up with the author of this farewell to his family and friends. We were very close from elementary through middle school, but drifted apart. Later in life we reconnected on Facebook where he scheduled this post to appear two days after he died in his sleep. I still remember the girl I danced
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Eulogy or Remembrance: The Importance of Educating the Family About the Value of Remembering Backward While teaching a recent workshop for mental health clinicians, a participant raised his hand and asked, “Is the eulogy all that important to a funeral?” His question reminded me that when people question the value of funerals (or a
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Grief Poem 124 Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough by L.R. Lynn If we had been given one more year to watch the sun set on the far mountains, float on our backs in salt ponds shaded by ancient willows that protest the weight of their leaves, and hold each other close as the seasons
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