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Participate in a Research Study
If you have experienced the death of a loved one in the past ten years and are over eighteen years old, we invite you to participate in a brief online study of the ways that individuals make sense of and find meaning in loss. All participants will be entered in a raffle to win one of two $50 gift certificates to Amazon.com.
Your participation will contribute to a better understanding of grief and loss. The researchers, Dr. Brian Vandenberg, and Rachel Hibberd, are most grateful for your time and help in completing the study. If you have any questions, please e-mail rhibberd@umsl.edu. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review board of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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Book Corner
In her debut memoir, Aundria Sheppard Morgan searches for purpose in a life she doesn’t want, revisits the strained relationship with her mother, and questions God, who allows unrelenting adversity as she faces the loss of her first love and husband James. A voice that is at once eloquent and honest cuts to the core, stripping away masks, and revealing raw emotions. In Cross My Heart and Hope to Die ~ A Memoir we dip into Morgan’s soul through poetic vignettes that lead each chapter. With unflinching candor she tells their love story. Hope and tragedy intertwine as James wrestles with guilt over killing his brother, his ten years in New York prisons, and his desire to rise above his past. Loving James helps Aundria set aside a lifetime of anger and embrace her mother. Beautifully written, it dares us to “call it what it is” so true healing can begin.
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Funeral Wreaths
Have you ever stopped to think about the fact that no two sunrises or sunsets are the same? Everyday that you awake, you have a new sunrise to gaze upon and every night that you wind down, you have a new sunset to embrace. Imagine what kind of wall art you would have if you took a picture everyday for a year at the sunrise and sunset of each passing day.
Death is something which many people avoid thinking about until such a time it is thrust upon them. A friend or relative dies and it suddenly becomes a subject which cannot be ignored, at least until you start to get over the loss.
We grow up with the conventional thinking that we will become adults and our parents will grow old and die before we do. Furthermore, our children will grow up to be adults and we will predecease them in old age.
When a pet dies it's a grievous loss and a tumultuous pain that pierces the heart with an exigent trudge. Granted it's not a spouse or a child or a parent, but (sparing all platitudes) it's a loved one.
Marriages, relationships and friendships are a lot like a baseball glove: The more you break it in, the harder it is to part with it. The fit is not only molded to you, but the more you use it, the softer it gets. Relationships are counterparts of the same.
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