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To One in Sorrow Let me come in where you are weeping, friend, And let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, Can understand. Let me come in — I would be very still Beside you in your grief; I would not bid you cease your weeping, friend, Tears […]
Continue ReadingWhen Will I Be Myself Again? “When will I be myself again?” Some Tuesday, perhaps, In the late afternoon, Sitting quietly with a cup of tea, And a cookie; Or Wednesday, same time or later, You will stir from a nap and see her; You will pick up the phone to call her; You will […]
Continue ReadingIn case you are tired of hearing from me about grieving during holidays, or about my experiences surrounding my first wife’s passing, I found some other voices you might want to listen to. Jamie Greenbaum writes most eloquently about her husband’s death from cancer. This article appears in the Huffington Post’s website and discusses her […]
Continue ReadingGetting Through the Holidays When our loved one dies, we grieve not only for that individual, but also for the life we used to have, the love that special someone gave us and all the memorable times we spent together. Perhaps there is no time of the year when we’re more aware of the empty […]
Continue ReadingSurvivors He has stopped trying to grasp her remoteness that he mistakes for calm, this cooling that accompanies the wintering of her grief. Since their daughter’s explosive departure, its echo like a slammed door, she has pulled in, and in, away from the pain, away from him. What he cannot know is how she slips […]
Continue ReadingExperts Discuss Children as Survivors of Suicide on Wednesday, December 17th 3pm EST on AfterTalk: LIVE On Wednesday December 17th,, AfterTalk: LIVE presents a discussion of the impact of a parental suicide on children and how families can cope. The panel features Mandi Zucker, MSW, Grief Recovery Specialist and Program Director of Imagine: A Center for Coping […]
Continue ReadingMy Mother’s Mother died in the spring of her days. And her daughter did not remember her face. Her portrait, engraved upon my grandfather’s heart, was erased from the world of images after his death. Only her mirror remained in the home, sunken with age into the silver frame. An d I, her pale […]
Continue ReadingThis is a guest positing by the renowned Dr. Gloria Horsley. After interviewing AfterTalk’s Co-Founder, Lisa Bogatin, Dr. Horsely was inspired to express her grieving for her Grandmother through writing an AfterTalk “conversation.” To: Grandma Jenson With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up I would like to tell Grandma Jenson how much […]
Continue ReadingSpirit She was seven months in you wrapped snug in your house of flesh when she came to rest, turned her face to the dark wall. Beyond your high hard hope you knew in your heart that she was gone, this sliding shift of gravity in your belly, in your bed. You named her Spirit […]
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