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I need to talk about my loss. I may often need to tell you what happened – or to ask you why it happened. Each time I discuss my loss, I am helping myself face the reality of the death of my loved one. I need to know that you care about me. I need […]
Continue ReadingLet’s talk more about the holiday season. Please refer to my Thanksgiving blog about grieving during the Holiday Season. As I write this, there are 23 days to Christmas. Here’s what I propose: if you know someone who has had a loss especially in the last year, reach out to them now and make sure […]
Continue ReadingWhen you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.“ ~ Kahlil Gibran Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ~ Emily Dickinson He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of […]
Continue ReadingDogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. ~ Roger Caras No heaven will not ever Heaven be. Unless my cats are there to welcome me.” ~ Anonymous Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ~ Anatole France Heaven goes by favor. If it went […]
Continue Reading~Author Unknown In Memory Those we Love remain with us, for Love itself lives on. Cherished memories never fade, because a loved one is gone. Those we Love can never be, more than a thought apart. For as long as there is a memory, they’ll live on in our heart.
Continue ReadingSongs About Grief and Loss: Death of a Spouse Goodbye my lover James Blunt Stop all the Clocks Nemo Shaw Yesterday The Beatles Memories Barbra Streisand The way we were Barbra Streisand I will always love you Whitney Houston Nothing compares to you Sinead O’Connor Because you loved me Celine Dion The Last Waltz Engelbert […]
Continue ReadingDo not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a long haul, but we are finally ready to launch officially. This is a soft launch of our online grief support site and we’d appreciate your feedback. Please let me know what you think at this email address: larry@aftertalk.com
Continue ReadingOur lives become the sum of all whom we have loved. It is important not to waste anyone. One task of living out the last half of life is excavating and recovering all of those whom we loved in the first half. Thus, the recovery of lost loves becomes an important way in which the […]
Continue ReadingSongs About Young Death Who you’d be today Kenny Chesney Fly Celine Dion Lullabye Billy Joel Beautiful Boy John Lennon Gone too soon Michael Jackson Reach for the stars S Club 7 Circle of Life (Lion King) Carmen Twillie Circle of Life Elton John Shine Down (a song for Beth) The Riley School of Dance […]
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