I remember when I lost my first wife 30+ years ago, and recall how unprepared I was to deal with financial issues in the moment. I made mistakes that cost me later, so let me keep this simple. Talk to your accountant or financial advisor immediately about whether there are any things you need to […]
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Editor: whenever we run a post about pet loss we get a lot of touching comments. Here are some of them. The photos are of my lost pets. LL I lost my beautiful little girl shitzu cookie last week .she was so much fun and she slept by my feet. Loved to run around and
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When I attended your training, I think you mentioned that the true “expert” is the mourner. Can you expand on this? Your memory is correct – I have always maintained that the true expert in grief is the mourner. I do believe there is a real difference between studying a mysterious body of knowledge surrounding
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EDITORS NOTE: DURING THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEK, WE ARE RE-POSTING THIS IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THIS NATION. One of the saddest family stories of WWII was the death of the five Sullivan brothers from the USS Juneau in 1942. Below is a their story in brief, and President
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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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