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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
Still grieving the death of her mother five years on, Mary Sullivan has been living on autopilot. Immersing herself in the daily details of taking care of her two teenage sons and husband, she gets by with occasional lapses of overwhelming grief. During a quick stop at a luncheonette, she breaks down again only to be helped by Cathy, the young woman manning the counter. Cathy's compassion is quickly reciprocated as Cathy finds herself motherless following a tragic accident. As Mary guides Cathy through the technical and emotional aspects of a loved one's death, Mary's family grows resentful of this interruption to their domestic routine. Author and playwright Rentschler (Jitters) has beautifully blended convincing characters, perceptive portraits of family relationships and friendships, and insight into the human capacity for healing and renewal. Recommended for all popular fiction collections.
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Funeral Wreaths
Some things are inordinately difficult to swallow. Sorrows are such forth. The qualities of courage and patience, then, are the quotients of ease, making big and small sorrows alike, palatable. There is nothing so important when we're greeted with the world of loss; *methods*, not plastic platitudes, are required.
Does time heal all wounds is a big question. Some argue yes. Some argue no. The answer to that question really depends on you. What are you willing to do about your feelings? And what do you do with yourself while you're waiting? Read on to find out how to deal with this difficult time.
Over the past few months, Mother Earth has experienced many natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, which has left humanity reeling in shock and fearing the worst. There is much talk that the end of the world is upon us, and yet, if we turn back the pages in history, we see that natural disasters have been part and parcel of living here on the earth since the beginning of time. If you have experienced destructive forces in your life, both of a personal or natural kind, find out what wisdom Mother Nature has to share with you today...
When my mother died in 1995, I thought I would never stop crying. How could I survive without her? In my quest for healing, I sought out many avenues of relief. One came in the form of reading books about grief and another came from support gleaned in a grief support group. In my reading and my quest for comfort, I learned a lot about the characteristics of survivors of grief and trauma. In a nutshell, I discovered six main personality traits.
Losing someone you love so much is one of the hardest things that may happen to you. You can't deny the fact that death is a part of this journey called life and all you need to do when this hard time comes is to move on. However, most of us find it hard to forget a person who once became a big part of our life.
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