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by Elizabeth Hines Grieving for the loss of a loved one, whether a person or a pet or even a relationship itself, can be challenging for the best of us. Grief hits us all differently, and there’s a healing journey everyone has to embark on. Our journeys, in this sense, are ours and will happen …
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Continue ReadingHow to Help Kids and Teens Deal with Grief By Kristin Savage Most children and teenagers are innocently oblivious of all the difficulties that life may bring. So, when something earth-shattering happens, such as losing someone they love or know, it can be hard for them to process. Everyone deals with grief in their own …
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Continue ReadingA 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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Continue ReadingIn case you missed it, here is President Biden’s speech on grieving the loss of over 500,000 to COVID-19 from February 22, 2021. Here is the link to the transcript. https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-memorial-speech-for-500000-covid-19-deaths-transcript-february-22
Continue ReadingA 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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Continue ReadingWhen dealing with teenagers, grief is almost impossible to avoid. Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect and claim more lives going into 2021, adolescents will still have a hard time getting through the worst of times. Whether it is a grandparent, a family friend, or even sometimes someone their own age that they’ve …
Wrapping your head around Adolescent Grief: 7 tools: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue Readingby Kristin Herman With a pandemic going on, children may have experienced the loss of loved ones – a parent, a grandparent, a close relative, a friend … the list may go on for some children. So, what can parents do to talk about death, and the grief that comes along with it? Death can …
7 Books That Teach Kids About Death And Grief: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
Continue ReadingArt and the Bereaved: How Can Art Creation Be A Vital Aid? By Katlyn Eriksen The current pandemic is proving to be a ‘double crisis’ for people with depression, and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America predicts that PTSD could be one long-term mental health effect of COVID-19. The situation is, of course, more severe …
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Continue ReadingEditor’s Note: I realize I recently reposted this after the COVID-19 death toll passed 200. We approach 400 as I write this. I am posting it again in honor of Inauguration Day, so we remember the character of the man we just elected. Joe Biden TRANSCRIPT: 5/14/20, The Last Word w/ Lawrence O’Donnell COVID-19 …
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Continue ReadingWe have three pandemics sweeping the world: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Hatred. Last week the third of those took the like of a courageous police officer. We honor him today with a video by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commenting on one of the three worst days in the last 100 years. Oh, and by the way, …
Grieving for a Hero: AfterTalk Pandemic Weekly Read More »
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